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Friday, June 10, 2011
Couple accused in child’s scalding are indicted
DAYTON — The mother of a 3-year-old girl who suffered severe scalding burns and the mother’s boyfriend were both indicted Friday on felony charges.
The grand jury approved four counts of child endangering for Jeremy R. Ely, 27. Two of those charges are second-degree felonies punishable by up to eight years in prison. The other two are third-degree felonious punishable by up to five years.
The grand jury approved two counts of complicity to commit child endangering for Christina Allen, 26. Both are third-degree felonies. The grand jury also indicted Allen on a misdemeanor count of child endangering.
The indictment comes one week after the girl’s grandmother alerted police to the child’s wounds. Allen, 26, of 1344 Huffman Ave., and Ely, 27, were arrested the same day and remain in the Montgomery County Jail.
Ely told police the child hurt herself while using a faucet where he told her to wash up from a potty-training accident, police said.
After the grandmother contacted them, Dayton police found the child suffering from severe burns to her hands and marks on her body that appeared to have been inflicted by a belt. The burns were two weeks old at that time, police said.
Allen tried to treat the burns using over- the-counter medication. Allen told police she didn’t take the child to the hospital because she feared Ely would hurt her, Dayton Sgt. Larry Tolpin said.
Ely told police he avoided taking the child to a hospital because he is a registered sex offender and didn’t want children’s services to be notified, Tolpin said.
The child, treated at Children’s Medical Center for second-degree burns, then placed in the custody of Montgomery County Children Services, Tolpin said.
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