March 28, 2024, 11:12:23 PM *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
News: NEW CHILD BOARD CREATED IN THE POLITICAL SECTION FOR THE 2016 ELECTION
 
   Home   Help Login Register  
Pages: 1   Go Down
  Print  
Author Topic: Dumping children in trash leads to 17 year prison sentence  (Read 3121 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
MuffyBee
Former Moderator
Monkey Mega Star
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 44737



« on: April 28, 2010, 10:55:20 PM »

http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/daytoncourts/entries/2010/04/28/dayton_tommie_johnson_jr.html
Dumping children in trash leads to prison sentence
Wed., April 28, 2010

   Tommie L. Johnson, Jr.

DAYTON — Tommie Johnson Jr., who took his girlfriend’s small children and then left them in a trash can last year, will spend 17 years in prison.

Johnson, 39, broke down and wept as he addressed Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Michael L. Tucker.

“I’m so sorry,” Johnson said, shaking as he wept. “May God forgive me.”

But assistant county prosecutor Erin Claypoole told Tucker that “what he did to those children is unforgivable.”
Tommie L. Johnson, Jr.jpg
Tommie L. Johnson, Jr.

Johnson, 39, pleaded no contest to all indicted charges April 12, including two counts of attempted murder, four counts of kidnapping, three counts of domestic violence and one count of tampering with evidence.

Johnson’s daughter, 23-month-old Ashonti Johnson, and her 8-month-old brother, Tommie Johnson III, were plucked out of a city-issued trash bin behind a building at 902 E. Second St. on July 27 by two electricians.

“They were thrown away, considered disposable like a piece of garbage by Mr. Johnson, who refused to disclose to authorities the exact whereabouts of the children’s location,” said Gayle Bullard, director of Montgomery County Children Services, who gave a victim impact statement on behalf of the children.”It was a brutal, calculated action that nearly killed two innocent children, who had no other way to survive except for that basic instinct to cry.”

Bullard said the trash can was a “plastic prison” that the summer heat turned into a “deadly oven.” The children emerged dehydrated and covered with mud, she said.

Johnson took the kids after a domestic dispute with their mother. Johnson said he put the kids in the bin but intended to retrieve them, according to police.

The children are still in the custody of Children’s Services, Bullard said.

Logged

  " Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."  - Daniel Moynihan
MuffyBee
Former Moderator
Monkey Mega Star
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 44737



« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2010, 10:59:01 PM »

http://www.whiotv.com/news/23292454/detail.html
(Video)
Father Sentenced For Leaving Kids In Trash
April 28, 2010

(snip)
Police said Johnson left his 23-month-old daughter, Ashonti, and her 8-month-old brother, Tommie Johnson III, in a Dumpster in July 2009 after he got into a fight with the children’s mother.(snip)

(snip)
The children were placed in a Dumpster for 13 hours. They were found behind a business in the 900 block of East Second Street on July 27.
(snip)

Logged

  " Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."  - Daniel Moynihan
MuffyBee
Former Moderator
Monkey Mega Star
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 44737



« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2010, 11:05:42 PM »

http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/local/dayton/Dad-sentenced-for-dumping-kids-in-trash
(video)
Dad sentenced for dumping kids in trash
April 28, 2010

Tommie Johnson, Jr. will go to prison for 17 years




DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - The man who threw two children into a trash can will be heading to prison.

A Montgomery county judge sentenced Tommie Johnson, Junior to 17 years in prison.

Johnson pleaded no contest to charges against him earlier this week. Those charges included two counts of attempted murder and four counts of kidnapping.

Police say Johson took his girlfriends 23-month old daughter, and 8-month old son and threw them into a dumpster. Those kids were in that dumpster for 13 hours.

In court on Wednesday afternoon, Johson broke down and cried, saying he was sorry, and asking for forgiveness.

Part of the crime was caught on tape by surveillance cameras behind East Second Street, in Dayton. (see photo and video in this article)

The children were found when two electricians in the area heard them crying.

Authorities said Johnson took the children after a domestic dispute with their mother, and threw them into the trash.

Montgomery County prosecuters said, it's ironic this sentencing takes place during Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Week.

Prosecuters said, Johnson's tears and apologies come a little too late in the case.

"Those tears were for the benefit of the court today, since he was caught, but having worked this case when he had the opportunity to tell them where the children were, he led them on wild goose chases all over the area," said Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Erin Claypool.

"Today the defendant mentions he's sorry it was a grave mistake that he made, well it was not a mistake, it was intentional act. Sorry is too late," said Montgomery County Prosecuter Mat Heck.

Prosecuters said both of the children were now in foster care, in Montgomery County.
 
Logged

  " Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."  - Daniel Moynihan
Pages: 1   Go Up
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Use of this web site in any manner signifies unconditional acceptance, without exception, of our terms of use.
Powered by SMF 1.1.13 | SMF © 2006-2011, Simple Machines LLC
 
Page created in 6.296 seconds with 20 queries.