Brandon, FL (January 17, 2019) – A 28-year-old mother named Amber Jones has just been arrested after she and her live-in boyfriend brought a 4-year-old girl to the emergency room covered with injuries over her entire body. Jones was charged with felony child neglect with great bodily harm and failure to report child abuse after taking the 4-year-old to the hospital with severe injuries.
Jones and her live-in boyfriend, 28-year-old Allen Michael Stanford, brought the girl to the Brandon Regional Hospital emergency room this past weekend. They claimed that the girl had injuries that were self-inflicted. However, emergency room doctors took a closer look and found visible injuries to her entire body that were consistent with child abuse over a period of time.
Stanford was immediately arrested at the hospital on January 14th and was charged with three counts of child abuse with great bodily harm and one count of child neglect. As of today, the mother of the child has also been arrested and is being charged with felony child neglect with great bodily harm and failure to report child abuse felony child neglect with great bodily harm and failure to report child abuse.
The little girl has since been taken into protective custody by Child Protective Services.
Brandon Child Abuse Laws
Child abuse charges are extremely serious, with the likelihood that you will face criminal penalties and also the chance that you will lose custody of your child in the most severe cases. The reality of facing jail time, fines, and even an order of protection so that you have to fight to obtain custody of your child can be one of the most alarming and frightening things that happen to you. There is also a social stigma that comes along with child abuse cases in Florida, making it difficult for you to get back on your feet after such a conviction.
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