Posted on 01/29/2013 4:39:32 AM PST by Ratman83
COLERAIN TOWNSHIP, OH (FOX19) - Police have arrested a Colerain man after he posted a photo of himself on Facebook holding his 1-year-old daughter and a BB gun.
Domonic Gaines, 22, was arrested after the incident which occurred at his home on Suliner Drive Sunday.
According to reports, police initially believed that Gaines was holding a handgun in the photo. However, police say the gun in question turned out to be a BB gun.
The photo depicted Gaines holding his daughter, Paradise Gaines, along with the BB gun. Police say that the close proximity of the gun to the child created a substantial risk of physical harm.
Police say they found the BB gun at the residence after the arrest was made.
"It's really been blown out of proportion," said Gaines' father, Wilson Dykes.
Dykes claims that it was the baby's maternal grandmother who saw the photo and called the police.
Gaines was arraigned on Monday morning on Child Endangerment charges. He's being held without bond in the Hamilton County Jail.
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I remember this and how for a time, the media tried to act like this mom was somehow in the wrong. Opinion was strongly on her side, not to mention law so the snarkiness by the media stopped and they moved on to the next flavor of the month.
"Dykes claims that it was the baby's maternal grandmother who saw the photo and called the police. "
Hmmmmm. I foresee lawsuits galore, after which, Mr. Gaines will own either the police department or the town.
TOTALLY ridiculous, uncalled for, defamation, false arrest, and many other things.
Well, you have a point. But I have known of a LOT more interfering moms than I have wise, discerning ones I’m afraid.
Then I have been fortunate when I consider the parental examples I’ve met over the years.
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