Woman arrested for allowing abusive boyfriend to keep returning

[Jaded]

A Jacksonville mother who has filed and dropped assault charges against her boyfriend six times was arrested Thursday night and charged with two counts of child endangerment. By repeatedly allowing her boyfriend back into her home after he allegedly attacked her, the Jacksonville Police Department says the woman knowingly placed her three children in an unacceptably dangerous situation.

JPD officials said the 34-year-old black female regularly files charges against her boyfriend, 26, for assault/family violence. In each case, she has later dropped the charges. The latest incident between the two occurred Thursday morning.

Franklin called the event a “common thing between these two.” In the past year, the 26-year-old male has been arrested for assault in October 2007, for aggravated assault in December 2007, for violation of a protective order in January 2008 and for telephone harassment in February 2008 — with his girlfriend the victim in all cases. During the December assault, he allegedly stabbed her with a kitchen knife.

The man currently has two active assault warrants for his arrest, not including the one which will most liking be sought in Thursday’s attack. He is an ACCESS patient with a history of mental health related incidents.

The alleged abuse victim was arrested Thursday night after it became apparent to investigators that she would continue to put her children's’ lives in danger.

“In the incident that occurred just before this one, he not only assaulted her, but he also assaulted her teenage daughter — pushing her over a concrete wall. By allowing him to come back time after time, she is knowingly placing her children in a violent, abusive situation,” Franklin said. “CPS (Child Protective Services) has been contacted, and they are aware of the situation.”

In addition to the teenager daughter, the woman also has a seven-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy. Her bond was set at $10,000 for each charge.

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[jlt080405]

This might be a good approach. If nothing else, maybe it will help prevent children being abused when the parent stays in an abusive relationship that is likely just as abusive to the child in one way or another.

[SocialGhost]

During the December assault, he allegedly stabbed her with a kitchen knife.

And she still let him come around? I don't get it at all!

[anneonimiss]

Hmmm...not such a bad idea. Then again, they are wasting the cops' time either way. If being stabbed doesn't stop her from endangering her kids, being arrested probably won't either...

I would say letting these women take these guys back until they finally kill them is a decent way to clean out the gene pool, but unfortunately, too many of them have children (who are then abused themselves) before it gets that far.

[Jaded]

I think it's a no-win situation myself. But, I do believe that women and men both should be held accountable somehow if they are going to continue to raise their children in such an environment. The women, they can choose to stay or go...the children don't have a choice.

After watching my mother get her ass my entire life, it did something to my psyche. It was almost acceptable behavior to me when my husband started slapping me around. I feared that my children would grow up with the same belief, so...out the fuckin door we went.

[Trav]

I kind of agree.... If they can't get the guy, then find something, anything to at least get the kids out. I'm sure that was probably their reasoning, aint the kids fault and they at least need to be removed. Might also force mommy to grow up and remove herself as well.

[Athena]

I'm kinda surprised that the state didn't press pursue the charges in the aggravated assault case. Sure, it's easier when the victim is a part of the case, but it's no requirement.