5yo Tortured With Alcohol To Genital Burns; Aaron Potts Was Stressed

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A 5-year-old Homosassa boy who was allegedly tortured by his stepfather and wasn't helped by his mother is still hospitalized in serious condition.

The child suffered first-, second- and third-degree burns in his groin area and on his genitals after his stepfather, Aaron Lee Potts, allegedly twice placed him in a tub, sprayed him with scalding hot water and then applied peroxide and rubbing alcohol to the burns.

A family friend took the boy to a local hospital on Sunday, and the injuries were so severe, the child was transferred to an Alachua County hospital. Potts and his wife, Alexza Marisol Potts, who is the boy's mother, were arrested shortly thereafter.
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Citrus County Sheriff's Office officials said Thursday three other children in the home have been removed and taken someplace safe. They said the couple had been suspected of abuse previously, but no arrests had been made.
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The neighbor said she saw the boy after the alleged abuse took place and wishes she had taken him from the home when she had the chance.

"That had to be very painful," the neighbor said of the child's injuries. "The child was void of emotion. He had saucer eyes. He didn't blink; he just stood there."

She added, "I should have scooped him up right there, whether he let me or not."

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news...boy_allegedly/

According to deputies, a family friend said Alexza Potts had just started a job that required her to work Saturday and Sunday, leaving Aaron Potts as the caretaker for the children, who are in school or daycare during the week.

The friend said Aaron Potts, who is unemployed, called her about noon Saturday and said he was stressed over watching the children and couldn't handle it. The friend said Potts asked her to come the residence and help him and she declined.

When the friend reached Potts by phone several hours later, he was crying and saying he going to jail, the friend told deputies.

The friend said she went to the residence the next day, saw the boy's injuries, and took him to the hospital. She said she called Alexza Potts at work and told her she was taking the boy to a hospital, but Alexza Potts refused to leave work to check on the child.

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news...boy_s_groin_a/

[VAS1326]

I bet the friend feels bad for not going in the first place but it really was not her responsibility. At least she bothered to show up after his second call to check on the situation which is more then I can say for his piece of shit mother.

OMG that had to have hurt! Burns hurt like Hell to begin with and then putting peroxcide and rubbing alcohol had to have stung like a mother fucker. What did this guy think that was going to do? It certainly wasn't going to hide the fact the child was severly burned.

I hope little guy recovers quickly and never ever see's those assholes again.

[CbabyRKO]

Can we just cut a chunk off these assholes spray lemon juice alcohol glass and cayenne pepper in they wounds and repeat until dead? Like they don't deserve to be alive at all. Ugh exterminate them like the vermin they are. Skip the trial and go right to torture mode.

[badfish76]

It might not have been the friend's responsibility to check on the kids or go there when summonsed, but I think if someone calls and says they can't handle the children it should be a HUGE red flag. Maybe it's just because I read and post here, but if a friend of mine called and said something like that to me, I would be there in a flash or ask them to bring me the kids. Whatever plans I may have had being disrupted is much better than an injured, beaten or dead child.

[TheMeaningOfItAll]

It's just common fucking sense to check on the kid when the sitter/boyfriend/baby daddy is calling saying he can't handle taking care of him. If one of my friends called and said they were having trouble caring for their kids, I'd be there in a heartbeat. He was crying out for help and no one listened. I'm also pissed at the neighbor who decided to just mind her own damn business. When it comes to kids, we as a society have an obligation to do something if they are being abused. You don't just stand by and watch kids living in a filthy house or have bruises and cuts all over their bodies, or blisters and shit in the groin area. You do something about it. There were several people who failed that poor little guy, starting with the cunt of a mother who refused to leave work to check on her kid. You know that bitch had to have seen signs that he was an asshole who was incapable of giving that kid loving care while she was gone. She just didn't give a shit. Had to work and all that.

[Silvahalo]

In retrospect the neighbor feels bad, she said so herself and she did call hours later. I wish she would have dashed over to begin with but first and foremost, the motherfucker who scalded the child in a bath tub not once but twice is the only real fucker here.

He was stressed, I get that entirely and he did ask for help, good for him---but so as he didn't get it, this was his response to burn a child on his genitals?
ffs. he's an adult and this was the best he came up with. fuck him.
And the no good pos mother who refused to go to her child even as he was take to the hospital, fuck her too. No doubt was worried about losing her job so I see now as being arrested makes it all better.

The only person who did something right was the neighbor. Only wish she'd gone with her gut feeling to begin with but you know, the asshole would have hurt this child another time had it not been this incident.

"...they said the couple had been suspected of abuse previously, but no arrests had been made."

Seems the child has probably been abused before, it was gonna happen. Thank god the neighbor had the good sense to call (the neighbor back), AND went the next day to take the child to the hospital far fucking more than the loser parents in the situation. Just glad the child got help before it was too late.

[TheMeaningOfItAll]

In retrospect the neighbor feels bad, she said so herself and she did call hours later. I wish she would have dashed over to begin with but first and foremost, the motherfucker who scaled the child in a bath tub not once but twice is the only real fucker here.

He was stressed, I get that entirely and he did ask for help, good for him, so as he didn't get it, this was his response to burn a child on his genitals?
ffs. he's an adult and this was the best he came up with. fuck him.
And the no good pos mother who refused to go to her child even as he was take to the hospital, fuck her too. No doubt was worried about losing her job so I see now as being arrested makes it all better.

The only person who did something right was the neighbor. Only wish she'd gone with her gut feeling to begin with but you know, the asshole would have hurt this child another time had it not been this incident.

"...they said the couple had been suspected of abuse previously, but no arrests had been made."

Seems the child has probably been abused before, it was gonna happen. Thank god the neighbor had the good sense to call, AND take the child to the hospital far fucking more than the loser parents in the situation. Just glad the child got help before it was too late.

Silva, I don't see anywhere that the neighbor called the cops. The friend went over there the next day and saw the kiddo's injuries and took him to the hospital. Of course, hindsight is always 20/20 and I often find myself looking for someone to blame. We've seen too many times that there is usually more than one person who fails abused kids. I am just pissed that she didn't go with her gut instinct and take the kid. I'll bet she feels badly that she didn't do the right thing, but it's probably NOTHING compared to what that little boy went through waiting for someone to rescue him from the horror and pain he was enduring. You are right, though. If it wasn't that time, it would have been the next time the poor kid was abused. Lord knows what type of punishment and suffering he went through before all this.

[Silvahalo]

Silva, I don't see anywhere that the neighbor called the cops. The friend went over there the next day and saw the kiddo's injuries and took him to the hospital. Of course, hindsight is always 20/20 and I often find myself looking for someone to blame. We've seen too many times that there is usually more than one person who fails abused kids. I am just pissed that she didn't go with her gut instinct and take the kid. I'll bet she feels badly that she didn't do the right thing, but it's probably NOTHING compared to what that little boy went through waiting for someone to rescue him from the horror and pain he was enduring. You are right, though. If it wasn't that time, it would have been the next time the poor kid was abused. Lord knows what type of punishment and suffering he went through before all this.

No, I meant that the neighbor called him back several hours later, then went over the next day. Albeit, should have gone to check on the child asap the day before when he called her, that would have been a far better outcome.

When the friend reached Potts by phone several hours later, he was crying and saying he going to jail, the friend told deputies.

The friend said she went to the residence the next day, saw the boy's injuries, and took him to the hospital.

And just to clarify, I'm not saying the neighbor didn't screw up but the neighbor did call him back after his initial call, unless I'm reading that wrong, went back the next day and she was the one to take the child to get medical help.
I give her credit for that, is all I mean. I'm seeing this as the neighbor being the best thing that happened even if the timing wasn't ideal, the child is alive thank for her, could have been different had she not come to her senses and gone to check the next day.

[Chinchillazilla]

I don't even have a penis and I can't uncross my legs. Burning myself putting cookies in the oven was one of the most painful things I've experienced, off the top of my head, and that was just a little sissy burn.

[VAS1326]

It might not have been the friend's responsibility to check on the kids or go there when summonsed, but I think if someone calls and says they can't handle the children it should be a HUGE red flag. Maybe it's just because I read and post here, but if a friend of mine called and said something like that to me, I would be there in a flash or ask them to bring me the kids. Whatever plans I may have had being disrupted is much better than an injured, beaten or dead child.

Most people are not exposed to what could happen when a parent says they are stressed and need help. Also how often had this friend been running over there to help in the past? I agree with you to an extent. If someone called me like that and it was out of the normal for them then yes I would rush over to help. However; when somebody calls you every single day or every single time they have to babysit then it does become a problem because who wants their life disrupted daily because you can't handle your kids.

This sounds bad but a few years ago when my nephew was little my brother called every single day when watching my nephew while his fiance was at work (he was unemployed). My nephew was around 1-1 and half. Everyday he wanted to bring my nephew over. My brother only wanted to bring him over here because then I could watch the kid while he went out to have an hour long cigarette break for roughly ever 30 minutes he was inside with us. I ended up watching his child everyday while he was here doing nothing but playing games on his phone and watching tv. Mind you I was pregnant and my older two were at school. I never got to nap or get my shit done around the house when he was here. If I said I needed to go shopping my brother invited them along. Finally after months of it and the school year was coming to an end I told my brother they couldn't come over because I needed to do stuff I needed to do before school was out. He was not happy with me but it really was unfair that I was watching his kid because he simply didn't feel like chasing him around. I was an unwilling babysitter for a long time.

What if the friend was called there daily as well and this was the one time she said no I have other things I have to do. I mean how many times can some one push their kids off on you before you say no? Her running there everytime he was stressed was not the solution. It's really not her fault. I have a feeling this friend has rushed over there before to help him out. Look how fast she moved when he said he done something bad. She took the child to the hospital...not the parents. I guess what I'm saying is if he had issues with watching them before he should have brought it up to the mother of the child and they should have worked something out. Was there anybody else he could have called to come help? What about family? What about his wife?

Sorry if I sound mean in any way but sometimes it's not so cut and dry. I know I'm speculating about the friend's role but she obviously cared a lot about the child. I mean she is the only one to be concerned enough to take him to the hospital. If she hadn't then who knows what would have happened to this poor child.

[VAS1326]

No, I meant that the neighbor called him back several hours later, then went over the next day. Albeit, should have gone to check on the child asap the day before when he called her, that would have been a far better outcome.

And just to clarify, I'm not saying the neighbor didn't screw up but the neighbor did call him back after his initial call, unless I'm reading that wrong, went back the next day and she was the one to take the child to get medical help.
I give her credit for that, is all I mean. I'm seeing this as the neighbor being the best thing that happened even if the timing wasn't ideal, the child is alive thank for her, could have been different had she not come to her senses and gone to check the next day.

I don't think the friend and the neighbor are the same person. The step dad/dad called his friend. The friend declined to come help with the child. The friend called back several hours later. The friend went there the next day and took the boy to the hospital.

The neighbor saw the boy outside after the abuse happened looking with a vacant stare. The neighbor says they should have done something. The neighbor says they should have taken him right then and there.

I'm thinking you think the neighbor and the friend are the same person.

[Marv]

he was stressed over watching the children and couldn't handle it.

I don't care how stressed he was there is no fucking excuse for what he did. What - burning the child's genitals and then rubbing more burny stuff into the wounds will relieve step-dads stress? How exactly? It seems to me that there are an AWFUL lot of cases where the step-dad/penis of the month cause injury to the little boys' genitals.

He asked for help, no help came, so torture was his alternative? Great daddy-material. How about taking the kids out for a walk? To the local play area to burn off some energy? Take them for a walk to the friends house if need be, and tell the friend just HOW stressed he's feeling. But no. Pain infliction is the way to go again, obviously.

"The child was void of emotion. He had saucer eyes. He didn't blink; he just stood there."

How could anyone see a child in that state and not do anything? The neighbour didn't have to 'scoop him up' and run, just a quick call to the police. If the guy was so stressed, then I'm guessing there would have been a lot of shouting etc going on. If so, then that coupled with the state of the child should have raised a red flag with the neighbour, enough to at least make a call.

Too many people shy away from 'interfering' incase it causes bad feeling between them and the person they are suspicious of. But look at the alternative. Far better to call your suspicions in and be wrong and get egg on your face, than NOT call and a child ends up burnt, beaten or dead.

[melissa222]

HE SUCKS PERIOD.... the post about going straight to torture mode is exactly how I feel, b/c right now I am a little aggitated so i assume he would completely understand why I need to beat and burn him.... I don't understand mom's reasoning at all.... when she got home the first day she should have took her kid to the doctor.... she can wait in torture room B for me, after a cigarette and lunch I will be happy to make time for her dumb a$$ as well! UGH!!!!!!!!!!!

[Silvahalo]

I don't think the friend and the neighbor are the same person. The step dad/dad called his friend. The friend declined to come help with the child. The friend called back several hours later. The friend went there the next day and took the boy to the hospital.

The neighbor saw the boy outside after the abuse happened looking with a vacant stare. The neighbor says they should have done something. The neighbor says they should have taken him right then and there.

I'm thinking you think the neighbor and the friend are the same person.

I think it's bad journalism. In this article the person is referred to as "the friend" and only as the friend. It appears they are the same person. Neighbor and friend but the writing is shitty so it's hard to tell from once source to the next.
Besides. How would the neighbor know to check on the child unless she was alerted to a problem? I'm really thinking they are one in the same.

The friend said Aaron Potts, who is unemployed, called her about noon Saturday and said he was stressed over watching the children and couldn't handle it. The friend said Potts asked her to come the residence and help him and she declined.

When the friend reached Potts by phone several hours later, he was crying and saying he going to jail, the friend told deputies.

The friend said she went to the residence the next day, saw the boy's injuries, and took him to the hospital.

[VAS1326]

I think it's bad journalism. In this article the person is referred to "the friend" and only the friend. It appears the are the same person. Neighbor and friend but the writing is shitty so it's hard to tell from once source to the next.
Besides. How would the neighbor know to check on the child unless she was alerted to a problem? I'm really thinking they are one in the same.

I agree it's not very clear. I guess it's possible that the same person was referred to as both the friend and the neighbor. I assumed because they said "a family friend" took him to the hospital and then quoted the "neighbor" that they were two seperate people. Like the neighbor was giving an interview after the fact. I'm finding it hard to digest that the "neighbor" is the friend because the neighbor said they wished they had scooped him up right then. The friend did in deed act when she saw the boy the next day. I'm thinking if they were one and the same the neighbor would have went and got the boy. I'm thinking if she saw him after the abuse outside she would not have waited another minute to take him in. I guess that's just my assumption but that's how I read it.

[VAS1326]

Okay I went a looking and found some more information......looks like he did call his wife and said he couldn't handle the kids. I was wondering why he didn't call her.

I'm not going to quote the entire article since some is repeat but will post a link at the bottom. Here are some other interesting tidbits.

[According to the arrest reports, the youth was placed in a tub on two separate occasions and sprayed with excessively hot water - and was forced to stay in that water. The child suffered first-, second- and third-degree burns from the treatment, the arrest report says.]

[The arrest report says that Aaron called Alexza and said he was stressed out, and couldn't handle the children, who were normally in school or daycare during the week. The family friend assured the family that Aaron could handle things.]

Alexza is the mother. I have no idea what that last sentence means..

[The friend attempted to call Aaron during a five-hour period, and finally contacted him. The arrest report says that the friend reported that Aaron was crying, and told her that he was going to jail. He said the boy had a "rash" in his groin area.]

[Medical personnel also found were bruises on the child, some of which were severe. Investigation revealed that many more acts were performed on the child in the alleged abuses suffered by the boy, one of which were are thought to have been a "malicious act done with the intention of creating mass amounts of pain to this 5-year-old victim," the arrest report says]

Mommy is also being charged:

[She was arrested on March 5, and charged with aggravated with one count of child abuse creating great bodily harm, and aggravated child abuse, torture, punishment or caging of a child.

Meanwhile, Aaron, who was already in jail in connection with a case involving possession of drug paraphernalia on March 4, will also face the same charges as Alexza.
]

[VAS1326]

Even more info:

[The report stated a witness said she got a call from Aaron Potts last Saturday saying he was stressed out and he could not handle watching children and wanted her to help. The witness said she got a text message the following day from Alexza Potts from work indicating she checked on the children. When she arrived, she was told by Aaron Potts that the rash on the boy’s groin area had become worse. When she saw the so-called rash, she immediately said she was going to take the child to the hospital.]

What What What!!!!!?????? Mommy checked on the kids...if she did then she saw those 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree burns and thought hey no big deal??? OMG how do you just ignore that much burning (not to mention brusing) I'm still really glad the friend (witness) took this kid to the hospital it's really apparent nobody was going to.

[The boy reportedly told investigators Aaron Potts had made him stand in the bathtub while he sprayed scalding-hot shower water on his groin area for about a minute, causing first-, second- and third-degree burns. Aaron Potts reportedly then used peroxide and alcohol to treat the injuries, further aggravating the pain. When investigators talked to them, both had stories alleging the injury was a bug bite that turned ugly. At first, Alexza Potts denied noticing anything unusual with the boy when she got home from work Saturday. She later changed her story and said she also thought it was a bug bite and tried to treat it with cortisone and had her pediatrician call in a prescription for a bug bite. The two were arrested and charged. No bond was allowed.]

Really a bug bite......ummm if I thought my child had a bug bite that looked like a spreading 1st, 2nd or 3rd degree burn (let's assume the mother didn't know what step dad did for one minute) I would be very concerned and taking his booty to the doctor's/ER. I mean that's one hell of a flesh eating bug bite to appear like a massive burn wouldn't you think? If she really believed it was a bug bite even then she should have been concerned (Holy shit was it a recluse or other posionous bug bite) Good Lord what a stupid fucking cover story.

Aaron Potts has other charges pending from a separate incident Saturday stemming from a traffic stop. Those charges are: displaying a forged license, possession of drug paraphernalia and tampering with evidence.

Sounds like a great guy. I mean he's an unemployed drug addict who couldn't be bothered to care for those kids. Good choice mom. Though with the allegations of past abuse I'm thinking mommy didn't give a shit either. She either participated in past abuse or knew this kid was being abused and didn't give two shits.


Source:

http://www.chronicleonline.com/conte...ed-child-abuse

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Both were in court Tuesday. They plead not guilty.

The boy is now staying with his grandmother, who says he is doing better than expected, though he still has a way to go. She says he’s excited to go back to school soon.

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news...5_year_old_bo/

[Bulletproof]

what.the.fuck... why cant these sicko child abusers put HALF of the effort and creativity into being contributing members of society that they do into hurting and maiming defenseless children? He couldn't HANDLE watching his step-son so he tried to burn his penis off?? And the bitch-ass mom did fucking nothing, except lie for the scumbag. What about your little boy, you useless cumdumpster?? Ughh. I hope that little guy makes a full recovery, and I hope the cumdumpster and her fuckboy die slow and torturous deaths...