FL: Parents arrested on child abuse charges in Nokomis
SARASOTA COUNTY – The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 24-year-old Tiffany Patrzykont of Nokomis and charged her with Child Abuse for Medical Neglect with Great Bodily Harm.
Detectives say Patrzykont failed to give medical staff accurate information to treat her 13-week-old son when she took him to Venice Regional Medical Center on May 16 and again on May 17. When the infant was finally transferred to All Children’s Hospital, doctors determined the infant had been deprived of oxygen and had been smothered.
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---------------------------------------------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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