Social worker set to testify in trial DETROIT, Immunity given in

Social worker set to testify in trial DETROIT
Immunity given in slaying case

June 8, 2007

BY RUBY L. BAILEY

FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...706080364/1008

A social worker who prosecutors say failed to report seeing bruises and
black eyes on a 2-year-old foster child has been granted immunity in
exchange for his testimony in the manslaughter trial of the boy's foster
mother.

Karl Troy, who worked at the Lula Belle Stewart Center, is expected to
testify Monday against Charlsie Adams-Rogers in Wayne County Circuit
Court. Adams-Rogers, 60, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and
child abuse for failing to protect Isaac Lethbridge and his 4-year-old
sister. Isaac was killed in Adams-Rogers' Detroit home Aug. 16, 2006.
Without the agreement, Troy could face criminal prosecution if he
admitted wrongdoing on the stand. Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Lisa
Lindsey declined Thursday to say why the agreement was made. "Anyone
who's being granted immunity must have something to hide," said
Adams-Rogers' daughter, Dana Rogers. "Somebody is covering up something.
How's the truth to be told if everyone is getting off? You're leaving my
mother out there to hang by herself."

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Isaac's father, Matthew Lethbridge, said he supports the prosecutor's
office, though he found it frustrating that Troy "is refusing to testify
without immunity due to his desire to not be accountable himself."

Some jurors cried Thursday when they heard testimony from a medical
examiner that Isaac was beaten so severely that he bled internally. His
collarbone was broken and he had second-degree burns on his chest and
abdomen, possibly from an iron.

Adams-Rogers told the Free Press in January that Troy witnessed Isaac
fall down a McDonald's slide on July 21, 2006, the day Troy supervised a
visit among the boy, his sister and their parents. Adams-Rogers also was
there. On Aug. 4, 2006, she told a doctor suspicious about Isaac's
bruises that he hurt himself in July and that Troy saw it. Also on Aug.
4, Adams-Rogers took the boy to see Troy at the Lula Belle center's
Detroit office.

A Free Press investigation published in January reported that the state
Department of Human Services had no record that anyone from the center
notified Child Protective Services, despite the fact that Troy noted in
Isaac's file that the boy had black eyes and bruises on his forehead,
cheeks and chin. A Lula Belle attorney maintained the agency did call
CPS on Aug. 4.

The newspaper found that Troy also failed to check on Isaac's sister
after Patricia Kennedy, their foster mother at the time, said in January
she told him the girl's vaginal area was swollen.

Contact RUBY L. BAILEY at 313- 222-6651 or .







CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
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...

Yep!


On Jun 8, 3:06 am, fx wrote:
Social worker set to testify in trial DETROIT
Immunity given in slaying case

June 8, 2007

BY RUBY L. BAILEY

FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...8/NEWS06/70608...

A social worker who prosecutors say failed to report seeing bruises and
black eyes on a 2-year-old foster child has been granted immunity in
exchange for his testimony in the manslaughter trial of the boy's foster
mother.

Karl Troy, who worked at the Lula Belle Stewart Center, is expected to
testify Monday against Charlsie Adams-Rogers in Wayne County Circuit
Court. Adams-Rogers, 60, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and
child abuse for failing to protect Isaac Lethbridge and his 4-year-old
sister. Isaac was killed in Adams-Rogers' Detroit home Aug. 16, 2006.
Without the agreement, Troy could face criminal prosecution if he
admitted wrongdoing on the stand. Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Lisa
Lindsey declined Thursday to say why the agreement was made. "Anyone
who's being granted immunity must have something to hide," said
Adams-Rogers' daughter, Dana Rogers. "Somebody is covering up something.
How's the truth to be told if everyone is getting off? You're leaving my
mother out there to hang by herself."

Advertisement
Isaac's father, Matthew Lethbridge, said he supports the prosecutor's
office, though he found it frustrating that Troy "is refusing to testify
without immunity due to his desire to not be accountable himself."

Some jurors cried Thursday when they heard testimony from a medical
examiner that Isaac was beaten so severely that he bled internally. His
collarbone was broken and he had second-degree burns on his chest and
abdomen, possibly from an iron.

Adams-Rogers told the Free Press in January that Troy witnessed Isaac
fall down a McDonald's slide on July 21, 2006, the day Troy supervised a
visit among the boy, his sister and their parents. Adams-Rogers also was
there. On Aug. 4, 2006, she told a doctor suspicious about Isaac's
bruises that he hurt himself in July and that Troy saw it. Also on Aug.
4, Adams-Rogers took the boy to see Troy at the Lula Belle center's
Detroit office.

A Free Press investigation published in January reported that the state
Department of Human Services had no record that anyone from the center
notified Child Protective Services, despite the fact that Troy noted in
Isaac's file that the boy had black eyes and bruises on his forehead,
cheeks and chin. A Lula Belle attorney maintained the agency did call
CPS on Aug. 4.

The newspaper found that Troy also failed to check on Isaac's sister
after Patricia Kennedy, their foster mother at the time, said in January
she told him the girl's vaginal area was swollen.

Contact RUBY L. BAILEY at 313- 222-6651 or .

CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
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...