Yaufman Robinson Claims Child Torture Charges Are A Set Up

[Dakota Valkyrie]

He was tortured.

That was the conclusion acting Circuit Judge Mike Carr reached after seeing the images of an Immokalee boy, who Collier Sheriff’s reports said suffered severe scalding water burns over a period of a week.

“I will say this. I looked at those pictures,” said acting Circuit Judge Mike Carr on Friday, after describing how the boy’s skin looked like it was melting off the child’s body in front and in the back. “That child was tortured. Whoever did this is a demon from hell.”

The boy’s father, 29-year-old Yaufman O. Robinson, is now facing aggravated child abuse charges.

According to Collier Sheriff’s reports, the victim’s mother, whose name was blacked out of the report, told deputies Wednesday that Yaufman had not met the child until Oct. 26 due to being incarcerated. Collier, Charlotte and state prison records show his adult rap sheet, which includes drug and battery convictions and nine other aliases, is lengthy and dates back to 1998, when he was 17. He was released from state prison in June.

The victim’s mother told deputies that Robinson agreed to have the child stay at his apartment for a week, and that she would visit the child daily to check on his welfare. The child’s age was not reported.

Reports said that everything had been going fine until Oct. 29, when the mother arrived at Robinson’s apartment and noticed severe burns on the child’s face and became scared for the child’s safety.

After the mother went to the store to buy some burn ointment and bandages, reports said Robinson threatened the mother and that she became afraid to take the child to get medical attention.

The mother continued to care for her child’s injuries at Robinson’s home until Tuesday, when reports said she was able to leave the apartment with her child.

However, by Wednesday, reports said the woman realized the child’s condition was becoming worse and took him to Lee Memorial Hospital for care. The child was transported to Tampa Children’s Hospital for treatment.
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During his first appearance Friday afternoon, Robinson maintained that he was innocent and that his son’s mother was setting him up for not being with her anymore.

“My son has been with me ever since I got out of prison. This whole statement she wrote is a lie to save herself,” Robinson told Carr during the video conference. “I ain’t got nothing to hide. That’s my son.”
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http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/...n-child-abuse/

[Whisper]

Scalded child leads to Collier man's arrest

IMMOKALEE: A Collier County man was arrested after deputies say he severely burned a child with scalding water.
Youfman Robinson, 29, of Immokalee, was charged with one count of aggravated child abuse.
The victim's mother, who was not identified in a Collier County Sheriff's Office report, told deputies that Robinson, the child's father, agreed to take care of the boy at Robinson's apartment for a week in October, according to a Naples Daily News report.
The woman said Robinson had not previously met the child because the boy was born while Robinson was in jail.
According to reports, when the boy's mother checked up on him on Oct. 29, she noticed severe burns on his face.
The injuries occurred while the child was in Robinson's care, according to a Collier County Sheriff's Office report.
The woman told deputies she was afraid to get the child medical attention because Robinson threatened her.
She said she treated the burns herself until Nov. 2, when she was able to leave Robinson's apartment.
On Nov. 3, the woman took the child to Lee Memorial Hospital after realizing the injuries were getting worse and she could no longer tend to them.
The child was then taken to Tampa Children's Hospital for treatment.
The Collier County Sheriff's Office issued and executed a search warrant on Robinson's apartment Wednesday.
A day later he was taken into custody at a traffic stop in Immokalee.
During an interview he told deputies that he could not explain how the burns occurred.
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http://www.abc-7.com/Global/story.asp?S=13456634

Youfman Robinson

[TheMeaningOfItAll]

There was failure in so many ways when it came to that child. So, she lets the sperm donor babysit a child he's never met before right after he gets out of jail? Then she cares for his wounds herself and gets too scared to leave and get the baby help? I blame the mother for the child's injuries. She should have known better. The asshole who fathered him was just doing what he does best...commit crimes. If that were my child, nothing could have stopped me from getting help for those burns.

[Mommyof2]

I am with you on that TheMeaningOfItAll.

My daughter is 13 and was sitting at the table getting ready to eat a hot bowl of soup when she stood up and leaned into the bowl. The soup ended up all over her belly and as soon as I looked I could see the skin was peeling off. I was at home with no car and no way to take her to the hospital. I called her dad right then and there. He rushed out to my home and got her into the hospital with in 15 minutes of the burn. My daughter ended up getting bandaged up and given an ointment for the burn.

Cps was called out to my house to investigate the burn but found I did nothing wrong. Anyway the pain my little girl was in was enough to break my heart and made me feel like the worlds worst parent. I got a whole lot of "you should have let the soup cool" from family members. IMO she was 13 and knew the soup was hot and should not have been playing around at the table. When she was a baby I would put ice cubes in their soup but hadn't done that since she was around 10. My point being despite the fact that I knew I might get into trouble with Cps I put my kids needs first. Some parents are just to selfish to see beyond their own fears and needs to help their own flesh and blood and that makes me sick!

[Dakota Valkyrie]

The mother of an Immokalee child who was severely burned while in his father's care now faces charges in the incident.

Collier County deputies arrested Kendra Lavette Hughes, 28, of Immokalee, on Monday. She was booked on a charge of child neglect with great bodily harm, a second-degree felony punishable by a maximum 15 years in prison.

Hughes' young son remains in a Tampa hospital with severe burns across his front and back after he was injured in the Immokalee home of his father, Yaufman Robinson. Robinson, 29, who had recently been released from prison, said the child came out of the shower with the burns.
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According to Hughes' arrest report, a relative of the child, Nakia Hughes, said the boy indicated to her that someone used a bucket to toss scalding water on him. It's unclear who attacked him.
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On Oct. 29, she noticed the burns, she said. She treated the child with ointments and bandages, but her attempts to take him for medical care were rebuffed by Robinson, she told deputies. She finally returned the child to her home on Nov. 2, and she took him to Lee Memorial Hospital the next day.

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/...thers-care-bu/

[Dakota Valkyrie]

An Immokalee woman charged in the scalding of her 3-year-old son was to bond out of jail on Monday, following a judge’s decision to reduce her bail.
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Detectives say Hughes received medical attention for the child five days after she noticed the burns. Hughes blamed Robinson for the delay, saying he threatened her when she first intended to take the boy to the hospital.

Baker reduced the bond from $100,000 to $10,000 after reviewing a background investigation into Hughes.

She has never been arrested before the current case, and she lives in Collier County, her attorney, John McGowan emphasized.

McGowan also reiterated Robinson’s alleged role in the case, saying he was abusive to Hughes. He noted that his client is a licensed nurse for Physicians Regional Medical Center and said her early treatment of the boy, while in Robinson’s home, ensured his survival.

When finally taken to Lee Memorial Hospital on Nov. 2, the child was immediately transferred to a children’s hospital in Tampa.

He has since been released, McGowan said, and is recovering in state care.
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Monday, Hughes’ boyfriend, Marcus Knight, sat in the courtroom as she appeared for the hearing. Knight, 36, said that although he didn’t know the details of what happened, Robinson was trouble.

“He’s a demon from hell,” he said.

http://www.marconews.com/news/2010/n...3-year-old-bo/