Man Charged With Child Abuse Resulting In Death
On February - 26 - 2017
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION — A local man was arraigned Thursday for charges of child abuse and neglect resulting in death. Patrick William Yeager, 30, of an unfixed address, was arraigned in Jefferson County Magistrate Court for felony charges of child neglect resulting in death and child abuse resulting in injury. According to a criminal complaint, police were dispatched to a home in Shenandoah Junction in June 2016 for an unresponsive infant. The father — Yeager — told police he was holding his child in a rocking chair. Yeager said he allegedly blacked out and when he woke up, the chair and toys were upside down. 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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