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Beating Death Case Delayed,Attorney Waiting For DCF Records....
Beating Death Case Delayed
Attorney Waiting For DCF Records June 23, 2007 By TINA A. BROWN, Courant Staff Writer http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc...eadlines-local The case against three teenagers charged in the beating death of an 18-year-old in April has been delayed while the attorney for one awaits a slew of records from child welfare authorities. The three are charged with beating Alexandria Clouse-Desmond to death, stuffing her body inside a cardboard box and putting it in a closet in a Hartford apartment. They were in Superior Court in Hartford on Friday for a joint probable cause hearing, but it was postponed. The defendants and victim - who ran away from a mental hospital just days before she was killed - all had been wards of the state as juveniles and have records with the state Department of Children and Families and with the Department of Mental Heath and Addiction Services. Margaret Levy, the attorney for Darzell Weinstein, 18, asked for the delay because she has not received thousands of documents she requested from DCF. Weinstein, Leslie Caraballo, 19, and Tiara Dixon, 18, are all charged with murder and accessory to murder. A fourth suspect, Michael Davis, 21, remains in custody in Massachusetts as a fugitive from justice, pending extradition to Connecticut. He is also expected to be charged with murder and tampering with evidence once he is brought back to the state. Levy asked for the delay Friday because "we have not received records from the state Department of Children and Families. Hundreds of thousands of records need to be provided to the defendant and the child advocate," before the case can go forward, Levy said. "On behalf of Mr. Weinstein, I requested those records weeks ago," Levy said. "It is inappropriate for me to go forward" without reviewing the files, she said. Weinstein and the victim ran away together from Cedarcrest, a mental hospital in Newington, five days before the murder. Clouse-Desmond was killed April 27 in an apartment on Laurel Street rented for Davis and Caraballo by the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Police say Weinstein, Dixon and Caraballo attacked Clouse-Desmond during a Monopoly game after she accused one of the men of raping her. The defendants kicked, punched, stomped and choked her before placing her into a plastic garbage bag, then into a cardboard box that they put in a closet, police said. After Friday's short hearing, Dixon's maternal grandmother and aunt - speaking to Dixon from spectators benches - told her how much they loved her. They said later that child welfare authorities took Dixon from her mother at age 3 and placed her in foster care. She was adopted by a family named Dixon when she was 6, the grandmother and aunt said. Although the blood relatives did not seek custody, they said they wanted to maintain a relationship with the girl. But they lost contact as she moved through foster care to adoption. "We've been looking for her for years," said Dixon's biological aunt, Ayanna Williams. "We found out where she was in the paper." Now that she is in state custody, the family has visited Dixon and written to her. Contact Tina A. Brown at . CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WIRETAPPING PROGRAM.... CPS Does not protect children... It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even killed at the hands of Child Protective Services. every parent should read this .pdf from connecticut dcf watch... http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US These numbers come from The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN) Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS *Perpetrators of Maltreatment* Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59 Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13 Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241 Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12 Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5 Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per 100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a bunch of social workers. BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION... |
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Beating Death Case Delayed,Attorney Waiting For DCF Records....
Why is the agency dragging their feet about handing over the records?
On Jun 23, 4:06 pm, fx wrote: Beating Death Case Delayed Attorney Waiting For DCF Records June 23, 2007 By TINA A. BROWN, Courant Staff Writer http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc...un23,0,6608987... The case against three teenagers charged in the beating death of an 18-year-old in April has been delayed while the attorney for one awaits a slew of records from child welfare authorities. The three are charged with beating Alexandria Clouse-Desmond to death, stuffing her body inside a cardboard box and putting it in a closet in a Hartford apartment. They were in Superior Court in Hartford on Friday for a joint probable cause hearing, but it was postponed. The defendants and victim - who ran away from a mental hospital just days before she was killed - all had been wards of the state as juveniles and have records with the state Department of Children and Families and with the Department of Mental Heath and Addiction Services. Margaret Levy, the attorney for Darzell Weinstein, 18, asked for the delay because she has not received thousands of documents she requested from DCF. Weinstein, Leslie Caraballo, 19, and Tiara Dixon, 18, are all charged with murder and accessory to murder. A fourth suspect, Michael Davis, 21, remains in custody in Massachusetts as a fugitive from justice, pending extradition to Connecticut. He is also expected to be charged with murder and tampering with evidence once he is brought back to the state. Levy asked for the delay Friday because "we have not received records from the state Department of Children and Families. Hundreds of thousands of records need to be provided to the defendant and the child advocate," before the case can go forward, Levy said. "On behalf of Mr. Weinstein, I requested those records weeks ago," Levy said. "It is inappropriate for me to go forward" without reviewing the files, she said. Weinstein and the victim ran away together from Cedarcrest, a mental hospital in Newington, five days before the murder. Clouse-Desmond was killed April 27 in an apartment on Laurel Street rented for Davis and Caraballo by the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Police say Weinstein, Dixon and Caraballo attacked Clouse-Desmond during a Monopoly game after she accused one of the men of raping her. The defendants kicked, punched, stomped and choked her before placing her into a plastic garbage bag, then into a cardboard box that they put in a closet, police said. After Friday's short hearing, Dixon's maternal grandmother and aunt - speaking to Dixon from spectators benches - told her how much they loved her. They said later that child welfare authorities took Dixon from her mother at age 3 and placed her in foster care. She was adopted by a family named Dixon when she was 6, the grandmother and aunt said. Although the blood relatives did not seek custody, they said they wanted to maintain a relationship with the girl. But they lost contact as she moved through foster care to adoption. "We've been looking for her for years," said Dixon's biological aunt, Ayanna Williams. "We found out where she was in the paper." Now that she is in state custody, the family has visited Dixon and written to her. Contact Tina A. Brown at . CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WIRETAPPING PROGRAM.... CPS Does not protect children... It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even killed at the hands of Child Protective Services. every parent should read this .pdf from connecticut dcf watch... http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US These numbers come from The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN) Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS *Perpetrators of Maltreatment* Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59 Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13 Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241 Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12 Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5 Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per 100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a bunch of social workers. BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION... |
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Beating Death Case Delayed,Attorney Waiting For DCF Records....
Greegor wrote:
Why is the agency dragging their feet about handing over the records? Maybe because they violate more Civil rights On a daily basis than all other agencies combined? ROFL, FX On Jun 23, 4:06 pm, fx wrote: Beating Death Case Delayed Attorney Waiting For DCF Records June 23, 2007 By TINA A. BROWN, Courant Staff Writer http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc...un23,0,6608987... The case against three teenagers charged in the beating death of an 18-year-old in April has been delayed while the attorney for one awaits a slew of records from child welfare authorities. The three are charged with beating Alexandria Clouse-Desmond to death, stuffing her body inside a cardboard box and putting it in a closet in a Hartford apartment. They were in Superior Court in Hartford on Friday for a joint probable cause hearing, but it was postponed. The defendants and victim - who ran away from a mental hospital just days before she was killed - all had been wards of the state as juveniles and have records with the state Department of Children and Families and with the Department of Mental Heath and Addiction Services. Margaret Levy, the attorney for Darzell Weinstein, 18, asked for the delay because she has not received thousands of documents she requested from DCF. Weinstein, Leslie Caraballo, 19, and Tiara Dixon, 18, are all charged with murder and accessory to murder. A fourth suspect, Michael Davis, 21, remains in custody in Massachusetts as a fugitive from justice, pending extradition to Connecticut. He is also expected to be charged with murder and tampering with evidence once he is brought back to the state. Levy asked for the delay Friday because "we have not received records from the state Department of Children and Families. Hundreds of thousands of records need to be provided to the defendant and the child advocate," before the case can go forward, Levy said. "On behalf of Mr. Weinstein, I requested those records weeks ago," Levy said. "It is inappropriate for me to go forward" without reviewing the files, she said. Weinstein and the victim ran away together from Cedarcrest, a mental hospital in Newington, five days before the murder. Clouse-Desmond was killed April 27 in an apartment on Laurel Street rented for Davis and Caraballo by the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Police say Weinstein, Dixon and Caraballo attacked Clouse-Desmond during a Monopoly game after she accused one of the men of raping her. The defendants kicked, punched, stomped and choked her before placing her into a plastic garbage bag, then into a cardboard box that they put in a closet, police said. After Friday's short hearing, Dixon's maternal grandmother and aunt - speaking to Dixon from spectators benches - told her how much they loved her. They said later that child welfare authorities took Dixon from her mother at age 3 and placed her in foster care. She was adopted by a family named Dixon when she was 6, the grandmother and aunt said. Although the blood relatives did not seek custody, they said they wanted to maintain a relationship with the girl. But they lost contact as she moved through foster care to adoption. "We've been looking for her for years," said Dixon's biological aunt, Ayanna Williams. "We found out where she was in the paper." Now that she is in state custody, the family has visited Dixon and written to her. Contact Tina A. Brown at . CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WIRETAPPING PROGRAM.... CPS Does not protect children... It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even killed at the hands of Child Protective Services. every parent should read this .pdf from connecticut dcf watch... http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US These numbers come from The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN) Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS *Perpetrators of Maltreatment* Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59 Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13 Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241 Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12 Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5 Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per 100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a bunch of social workers. BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION... |
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Beating Death Case Delayed,Attorney Waiting For DCF Records....
Greegor wrote:
Why is the agency dragging their feet about handing over the records? fx wrote Maybe because they violate more Civil rights On a daily basis than all other agencies combined? ROFL, FX Are they rushing to tidy up the files? Don't they know how bad this looks for them? On Jun 23, 4:06 pm, fx wrote: Beating Death Case Delayed Attorney Waiting For DCF Records June 23, 2007 By TINA A. BROWN, Courant Staff Writer http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc...un23,0,6608987... The case against three teenagers charged in the beating death of an 18-year-old in April has been delayed while the attorney for one awaits a slew of records from child welfare authorities. The three are charged with beating Alexandria Clouse-Desmond to death, stuffing her body inside a cardboard box and putting it in a closet in a Hartford apartment. They were in Superior Court in Hartford on Friday for a joint probable cause hearing, but it was postponed. The defendants and victim - who ran away from a mental hospital just days before she was killed - all had been wards of the state as juveniles and have records with the state Department of Children and Families and with the Department of Mental Heath and Addiction Services. Margaret Levy, the attorney for Darzell Weinstein, 18, asked for the delay because she has not received thousands of documents she requested from DCF. Weinstein, Leslie Caraballo, 19, and Tiara Dixon, 18, are all charged with murder and accessory to murder. A fourth suspect, Michael Davis, 21, remains in custody in Massachusetts as a fugitive from justice, pending extradition to Connecticut. He is also expected to be charged with murder and tampering with evidence once he is brought back to the state. Levy asked for the delay Friday because "we have not received records from the state Department of Children and Families. Hundreds of thousands of records need to be provided to the defendant and the child advocate," before the case can go forward, Levy said. "On behalf of Mr. Weinstein, I requested those records weeks ago," Levy said. "It is inappropriate for me to go forward" without reviewing the files, she said. Weinstein and the victim ran away together from Cedarcrest, a mental hospital in Newington, five days before the murder. Clouse-Desmond was killed April 27 in an apartment on Laurel Street rented for Davis and Caraballo by the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Police say Weinstein, Dixon and Caraballo attacked Clouse-Desmond during a Monopoly game after she accused one of the men of raping her. The defendants kicked, punched, stomped and choked her before placing her into a plastic garbage bag, then into a cardboard box that they put in a closet, police said. After Friday's short hearing, Dixon's maternal grandmother and aunt - speaking to Dixon from spectators benches - told her how much they loved her. They said later that child welfare authorities took Dixon from her mother at age 3 and placed her in foster care. She was adopted by a family named Dixon when she was 6, the grandmother and aunt said. Although the blood relatives did not seek custody, they said they wanted to maintain a relationship with the girl. But they lost contact as she moved through foster care to adoption. "We've been looking for her for years," said Dixon's biological aunt, Ayanna Williams. "We found out where she was in the paper." Now that she is in state custody, the family has visited Dixon and written to her. Contact Tina A. Brown at . CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WIRETAPPING PROGRAM.... CPS Does not protect children... It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even killed at the hands of Child Protective Services. every parent should read this .pdf from connecticut dcf watch... http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US These numbers come from The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN) Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS *Perpetrators of Maltreatment* Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59 Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13 Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241 Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12 Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5 Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per 100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a bunch of social workers. BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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