Taryn O’Connor Isn’t Supposed To Babysit

Essex, VT -Taryn O’Connor is a classic example of why you should never get your childcare provider from CraigslistCraigslist.  Not without checking references, at least.  O’Connor, 22, is accused of shaking a thirteen-month old boy so hard that he is now in critical condition, having undergone brain surgery for severe head trauma.  And Taryn O’Connor wasn’t supposed to be supervising children at all. [Read more...]

Tina Richards & Phillip Waller Suck At Parenting

Update: 3/5/09-Phillip Waller unexpectedly changed his not guilty plea to guilty on Tuesday and was sentenced to serve 2 years of a 10-year sentence. The remaining 8 years will likely be spent on probation. Credited with time-served, Waller still has to serve about 10-months behind bars.

UPDATE 12/18/08 – Tina Richards has pleaded guilty to the abuse of her son Aiden Waller in January, when he was 10 months old.  Now almost 2, Aiden is severely brain injured and his long term prognosis is not good.  This week, Richards was sentenced to 30 years in prison followed by 10 years on probation.  Convicted earlier this year on a previous abuse case involving Aiden, Tina Richards is already serving a twenty-year sentence for  that crime.  Richards, now 20, will not likely get out of prison until 2038.   Phillip Waller has yet to go to trial, and prosecutors say they are working with the defense to cut a deal for Waller, who knew of the abuse  but did not actively try to stop it.

Effingham County, GA  (January 29, 2008)  - Ten-month-old Aiden Waller is in critical condition with traumatic brain injuries, facial fractures and full-body bruising thanks to his parents, Tina Richards and Phillip Waller. Richards and Waller are in jail just five weeks after getting their son returned to them by Georgia’s Department of Family and Children Services. Yep, you heard me. This baby is ten months old and had already been removed and returned to the mother due to previous abuse.

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