Here's an update on this post: [tnb - justice for all]
Here's a quick summary of two similar "irresponsible parent" cases in the same general area of Indiana.
A mom drives drunk, has an accident, her kid gets two black eyes and a bump on the head. The mom gets some time in jail, 2 years probabtion and her kid taken from her (at least temporarily) [link]. Down the road a few miles, (indiana Highway 52), a cop leaves a loaded gun where his twin 4 year olds can get to it and one of them is killed. [link]
The cop will not be prosecuted. [Accidental Shooting]
BROOKVILLE, Ind. -- Criminal charges will be not filed in the shooting death last week of the 4-year-old son of a Franklin County deputy.
Franklin County Prosecutor Mel Wilhelm announced Tuesday through the Indiana State Police that his office would not seek charges in the Feb. 16 accidental shooting death of Aiden Mehlbauer.
The preschooler's funeral was held Tuesday at the St. Louis Catholic Church in Batesville.
Last week, Aiden and twin brother Mason were playing in the basement when they found a loaded, .40-caliber semi-automatic Glock handgun in the "office" area where their father, Deputy Greg Mehlbauer, kept his uniforms and other law enforcement equipment.
The boys were handling the gun when it discharged, striking Aiden in the abdomen, Indiana State Police Sgt. Noel Houze said.
Aiden's mother, Shavonne, was upstairs helping her 6-year-old daughter with her homework and Greg Mehlbauer was on duty when the shooting occurred. Aiden died about 2 hours later at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
Indiana prosecutors often recuse themselves from cases involving local police officers with whom they work on a regular basis, but Wilhelm told the state police the circumstances surrounding the incident did not meet the elements of a crime under Indiana code.
Wilhelm said he had carefully reviewed the state police reports and spoken at length with investigators concerning their findings in the case
WTF?
tnb
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