Man Charged In GF’s Baby’s Death
On January - 13 - 2012
Virginia Beach-based sailor has been charged with felony child abuse and neglect in the death of a 4-month-old baby, police said Friday. Master-at-Arms Seaman Micah James Patterson, 22, of Seymour, Mo., was arrested and charged Thursday. He is being held without bond at the Virginia Beach Correctional Center. Patterson enlisted on Sept. 27, 2007, and has been assigned to the Public Safety Staff at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek – Fort Story since Nov. 25, according to Navy Personnel Command. READ MORE HERE
By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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