Posted on 07/27/2015 6:25:15 PM PDT by rickmichaels
CINCINNATI - A Cincinnati mother is accused of forcing her daughter to stay outside in the heat and demanding police take the child away from her.
According to court documents, Forest Park police Sgt. David DeSalvo responded to a home in the 11000 block of Donora Lane Sunday. DeSalvo said 35-year-old Catrina Fant refused to let her 11-year-old daughter into the home even though it was 90 degrees outside.
The girl was wearing fleece pajamas and snow boots at the time and was complaining that she was hot and tired, the report states. The child has low functioning cognitive ability and a history of mental illness, DeSalvo said.
The sergeant said the girl’s three other siblings were able to get her a glass of water while she sat on the porch and cried.
When DeSalvo confronted Fant, he said she replied, “F*** her, I don’t care about her. She ain’t coming in my house. You need to take her.”
The sergeant contacted Hamilton County Job and Family Services and officials there said there was an open investigation into claims of medical neglect toward the girl.
Social workers told DeSalvo that Fant had requested five times that the agency remove the 11-year-old from the home.
However, the agents said Fant refused “any and all services and programs,” according to DeSalvo’s statement.
DeSalvo said he repeatedly told Fant that she was responsible for caring for the girl. He said Fant replied that "she didn’t five a f*** and "police can’t make me take her.”
Social workers later responded to the home and took the girl and Fant’s three other children. The siblings have been place in foster care.
Fant was charged with endangering children and was arraigned Monday morning. She is being held on a $5,000 bond and is ordered to not have any contact with her children.
Alcohol is a great thing, innit?
I’ll bet Sheriff Arpaio would love to take the mother in for a year.
Bet she gets to keep her Obama Phone.
A thousand pardons, your Ladyship.
sorry for the double post
Mickey Gilley “Don’t The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time”
Yes, but those families actually cared about their children and did what they could to prevent dehydration.
Closing Time by Leonard Cohen
Same for me....but this story is different. Three kids got to stay inside and the one child (possibly mentally retarded) isn’t let in....and is wearing snow boots...some element of cruelty here.
No, just drink lots of water, and stay out of the Sun.
We just had a two week run of 100 deg temps. Did what we could to stay cool.
Thanks for asking!
I grew up in Florida when you had to go to the movies for air conditioning.
She will also lose the Social Security Disability check she most likely gets for the child.
Thank you for replying.
Yes, it is child abuse. I hope this mother has her children removed. I understand being at your wits end, but this is beyond that. The mother sounds unhinged.
For the record, my mother did the same as yours. We left after breakfast and came home when the street lights went on. Lunch was where ever you were at lunch time - that kid’s mom fed all the kids in her yard, and fed them what she saw fit. If you misbehaved, she also punished you, and then we got it worse from our parents.
In kindergarten, I walked about a mile to and from school. I once plotted it out on Google Maps. It is/was a busy street, too, with stop signs on every block. We could also go to the park, on the far side of the school in the summer. Didn’t have to ask or tell anyone.
I don’t know why we are so protective now. Crime rates are down, supposedly. But I wouldn’t think of allowing our youngest to do what I did.
And yes, water from the hose.
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