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CPS worker charged with assault
CPS worker charged with assault
BY JACOB JONES Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:09 AM PDT http://www.thedailyworld.com/article...ews/09news.txt The Daily World A longtime Child Protective Services coordinator was charged Monday in Aberdeen Municipal Court for allegedly assaulting his wife last weekend. Cliffton B. Burden, 46, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of fourth-degree domestic violence assault after his 46-year-old wife was admitted at Grays Harbor Community Hospital with injuries to her face and neck, police said. Capt. Dave Johnson with the Aberdeen Police Department said the wife told officers at the hospital that Burden struck her repeatedly with a closed fist during a disagreement. “She said she was arguing with her husband,” Johnson said. The woman was admitted with a severe headache, bruises, red marks on her neck and a swollen lip, Johnson said. She did not receive any life-threatening injuries. Officers reported the wife, who had separated from Burden, said her daughter took her to the hospital where Burden then used his vehicle to trap her car in the lot before they went inside and he drove away. Johnson said Burden was later contacted at his home on the 800 block of Stockwell Street and taken into custody until Monday morning when he appeared in Municipal Court. The judge ordered Burden to stay more than 100 yards away from his wife and banned any contact. Burden also had to surrender his firearms and concealed weapons permit. He could not return home until he had done so. Johnson was not aware of any previous criminal record. Karen Lee, a spokeswoman with the state Department of Social and Health Services, wrote in an e-mail that Burden has worked with the Aberdeen Children’s Administration office since the early 1990s. He is responsible for helping social workers place children in foster homes. “He did manage a few cases himself,” she wrote, “so while law enforcement and Children’s Administration investigates these allegations, those cases have been transferred to other workers and he will not have direct contact with children.” |
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