Pantagraph.com | News | Bloomington man pleads guilty to beating 4-year-old

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lowbrow wrote on Oct 16, 2007 7:24 PM:

" Only two years for beating a kid...shame shame on the prosecuters making such deals.... "

Big Brother wrote on Oct 16, 2007 5:09 PM:

" 2 years? For beating a 4 year old. The prosecuter dropped 3 charges and pled a 2 year sentence for aggravated battery. Mr. Yoder needs to take a stronger look at what is going on here. The travesty of this is that this 4 year old was just one of the children that was being abused. Our States attorneys office can do a better job than this. This child will be 6 when his abuser is released, posssibly to return and start over again. Where is the justice in this? "

Maybe wrote on Oct 16, 2007 4:48 PM:

" they should both take a trimmin' in addition to their court-commanded sentences? A little 'what goes around-comes around' rehabilitative therapy. "

Big Brother wrote on Oct 16, 2007 1:34 PM:

" These two people were living with other family? Didn't anyone from this "other family" see signs of abuse? Maybe the other family needs to be arrested and charged with contributing to abuse. The address is an apartment complex. Didn't any of the neighbors see or hear anything? Maybe DCFS needs to investigate this entire apartment complex. "

bon in BN wrote on Oct 16, 2007 1:07 PM:

" mm i'm sorry. did this article state correctly. he only got two yrs???? i'm sorry, did i miss something? "

ok wrote on Oct 16, 2007 12:07 PM:

" so i have already commented on this, and either they are playing catch up with the posts, or they are not putting my prevous post on here. this is sick, everyone who has a child KNOWS they can push your bottons if you let them but NEVER has it pushed me to the point of hurting a child! i can not believe this! how can someone hurt a child!! someone should beat him to death. do all the same things he did to the boy until he dies!! this is sick! "

WHY?? wrote on Oct 16, 2007 12:02 PM:

" Why only 2 years?? Are the prosecutors crazy? No way should this man be let out of jail. What kind of sentence will he get the next time he does this to someones child? Our legal system is messed up!! "

Let the punishment wrote on Oct 16, 2007 11:51 AM:

" fit the crime. "

THIS IS AN OUTRAGE wrote on Oct 16, 2007 11:41 AM:

" the states attorney and judge should be brought up on dereliction of duty for such a slap on the wrist for beating a child. Then to dismiss three other counts is an outrage. With this sob getting 108 days credit for time served he will be on the streets again in 61 days. Thats right folks 61 days and this creighton will be back in our community. Then he has a new charge filed on him on Monday? This guy needs locked up for a considerable amount of time and it is time for new judges in this country thats for sure. "

How unfair wrote on Oct 16, 2007 11:30 AM:

" Our laws are rediculous. He beats a child get 2 years = 730 days credit for 108 days, good time credit 365 days. So he will spend approximately 257 days in jail for hurting an innosent child. That is completely rediculous....................... I think both the mother and the husband should have received at least 5 years or more. The child has to live with this forever. Not exactly fair to the child. And I'm sure they still have custody of the children. Where is family service now protecting the child. Instead they are taking children away from parents who are providing a good home but may have fallen on hard times. Go figure. "

Unbelievable wrote on Oct 16, 2007 9:19 AM:

" Just unbelievable. "

2 years??!! wrote on Oct 16, 2007 9:18 AM:

" That is pathetic. This man should be put away for life. Any person that can do that to a child is capable of anything. It's just so hard to realize that this actually happened here in Bloomington. This family was someones neighbor. ugh... "

so sad, wrote on Oct 16, 2007 8:44 AM:

" i have a five year old and a three year old. i have been mad at them before god knows, any child can push a parents buttons. but how in gods name could anyone do something like this to a child. my children cry if i say i am disapointed in them i could NEVER imagine hurting ANY child, this man needs beaten, the things he did to the child should be done to him. this just makes me want to cry! how very sad that this child had to endure all this, not somthing he will recover from or forget, very easily!!! "

good job wrote on Oct 16, 2007 7:06 AM:

" another good job by Michelle Brooks. She is looking out for our kids! "

why.. wrote on Oct 16, 2007 6:47 AM:

" why drop any of the charges to get a guilty plea? I would make all the charges stick. We are talking about a child for God's sakes. Is the state just afraid that if they don't drop some of the charges to make the person plea then they will have to take it to trial and actually do some work? "

heartland childcare teacher wrote on Oct 16, 2007 12:53 AM:

" I was Valerie's child's teacher when she attended class. I would like to know where is her daughter? Valerie seemed like a loving,caring mother to her child. "

FYI wrote on Oct 15, 2007 9:19 PM:

" Only 2 years? That's outrageous. "

INMATE wrote on Oct 15, 2007 8:49 PM:

" What a tough guy. (sarcasm) Soon the justice of prison will dispense appropriate punishment to this child beater. "

ES wrote on Oct 15, 2007 8:04 PM:

" Also deserve long prison terms and a free trip to the spay/neuter clinic. "

Sick wrote on Oct 15, 2007 5:32 PM:

" 2 years for beating a baby ? This is a joke. GIVE MORE TIME FOR THE SERIOUS CRIME. "

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