Two couples indicted on child abuse charges in alleged scheme to adopt kids for financial gain

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Two Michigan couples have been arrested in an alleged scheme to adopt dozens of children for “financial gain” — and then secretly subjected several of them to “systemic mental and physical abuse,” officials said.

DeWitt couples Joel Brown, 54, and Tammy Brown, 53, and Jerry Flore, 58, and Tamal Flore, 56, were indicted Monday on 36 charges of child abuse, the Detroit News reported, citing state Attorney General Dana Nessel.

The charges, filed in Clinton County, were leveled against the four suspects after evidence was obtained relating to the “abuse against eight of the dozens of children adopted through their homes since 2007,” the AG’s office said.

The couples “easily manipulate(d)” the adoption and fostering subsidy system to collect more than $1 million tax-free,” said Nessel, adding that they had either adopted or fostered about 30 children who had been in abusive homes.

“These children were subjected to prolonged, routine and systemic mental and physical abuse under the guise of discipline, and all for personal financial gain,” Nessel alleged, WLNS reported.

“The allegations in this matter are heinous and egregious,” she added. “Children who end up in our foster care or adoption systems are often already coming from unbelievably vulnerable situations and deserve our utmost care.”

Joel Brown is a former child advocate with the Children’s Service Agency at the Department of Health and Human Services.

“We believe Joel Brown used his decades of experience as a CPS employee to skillfully and successfully hide the abuse happening within his home and to help the Flores hide the abuse in their home, as well,” Nessel said, according to the outlet.

He faces charges of second- and third-degree child abuse, second-degree conspiracy to commit child abuse, failure to report child abuse and interfering with a crime report, officials said.

Tammy Brown faces charges of first- and third-degree child abuse and second-degree conspiracy to commit child abuse.

Jerry Flore faces 11 counts including first-degree child abuse, first-degree child abuse committed in the presence of another child, conspiracy to commit second-degree child abuse, second-degree child abuse and interfering with a crime report.

Tamal Flore faces 17 counts including first-degree child abuse, first-degree child abuse committed in the presence of another child, conspiracy to commit second-degree child abuse, second-degree child abuse, third-degree child abuse and interfering with a crime report.

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[cubby]

They could have treated the kids decently and still raked in a whole lot of extra money, so this just shows who these people really are. Good grief where do people like this learn how to be humans? I'd be checking their relatives too.

 

[BuffettGirl]

Being an evil cunt agrees with Tammy Brown it seems. She looks pretty good for 52. I wonder why her hubs 'only' got 11 charges and she got 17?