Omaha, Nebraska - Meet Jeremy J. Hammel, 20. Hammel has been arrested today because he put the beatdown on Joshua Franklin, breaking seven of Joshua’sJoshua reviews ribs and his leg. The kicker? Joshua Franklin is three months old. Hammel is accused of breaking the baby’s bones by either hitting or squeezing the child over a period of several weeks.

Hammel was picked up by police after baby Joshua’s mother, Kiayi Franklin, 22, took Joshua to the emergency room. She reported that Joshua wouldn’t stop crying and wasn’t eating well. Franklin, in a boggling display of don’t-give-a-damn, did not seem aware that anything was amiss with her child beyond a minor digestive complaint. Investigation led quickly to Jeremy Hammel, who is Kiayi Franklin’s live-in boyfriend but is not Joshua Franklin’s father. Of course.

Hammel really should have gotten some anger management therapy back in 2006, when he wrote a Myspace blog detailing his personal issues with actress Raven-Symone. The threatening blog entry says “…When I get the chance I’m gonna punch that bitch right in her [throat] and make her choke.” EasyEasy reviews on the Disney Channel, there, slick. In another 2006 entry, Hammel seemed to be having issues with gang members who were looking for him. His older Myspace page says that he “doesn’t get angry when [he's] drunk or high.”

So, naturally Hammel’s family believes he’s innocent. Hammel’s grandmother, Zeta Hammel, said that her grandson Jeremy has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but otherwise, “he’s just like a big pussy cat.”

“He has been around babies for several years, and he’s real good with kids,” she said.

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