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Old June 14th 04, 04:19 PM
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Default PA: Erie Co., CYS failure-Busy chasin' spankings?

Some have said that CPS goes after the easier clients---for example, middle or
upper class families with children who MIGHT HAVE BEEN SPANKED.

While they ignore serious cases presented to them by officials.


Subject: Adoptive mother blames teen's injuries on housemate
From: (LilMtnCbn)
Date: 6/14/2004 10:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time
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http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/8914936.htm

Adoptive mother blames teen's injuries on housemate

Associated Press


ERIE, Pa. - A woman accused of abusing her adopted daughter before the
teenager's sudden death has blamed a housemate for the hundreds of bruises that
covered the girl's body.

Lisa M. Iarussi blamed Linda Fisher and a bike accident for the 200 bruises and
scarred head, lip and ear that the Erie County coroner discovered during his
autopsy of 15-year-old Brittany Legler, who died May 9. Iarussi said Fisher
suffocated Legler during a wrestling match.

Iarussi, who adopted Legler on Jan. 1, 2001, was charged with aggravated
assault and child endangerment. Police allege Iarussi beat the teenager for
months before her death.

Investigators are also considering whether a congenital heart defect
contributed to Legler's death. Family members said two of Legler's cousins had
the ailment.

In a telephone interview from the Erie County Prison, Iarussi, 35, told the
Erie Times-News that she used physical punishment to discipline Legler, but
never hit her with her fist. The teenager also easily bruised because she was
anemic, Iarussi said.

Fisher, who lived with Iarussi for two years, denied the accusations against
her. She said Iarussi beat her and Legler with a hairbrush and forced them to
wrestle on the day the teenager died.

Iarussi adopted Legler from a childhood friend, Rosa Pollard, after
child-welfare officials told the teenager's biological mother that she couldn't
raise her six children on her own, Pollard said.

Two of Pollard's children went to live with relatives and Legler went to live
with Iarussi, Pollard said.

After the adoption, Iarussi didn't allow the teen to see her family, Pollard
said.

"It was like she never wanted us to be in Brittany's life," Pollard said.

According to prosecutors, school officials and court documents, Millcreek
Township school officials made numerous reports of suspected abuse to police.

Erie County's Office of Children and Youth has asked an emergency review team
to investigate the agency's handling of Legler's case. But because of
confidentiality laws, the case won't be made public unless the state Department
of Public Welfare orders the county agency to undergo "corrective action," a
department spokeswoman said.

Iarussi's preliminary hearing has been scheduled for June 23.





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