Feb.23, 2011
McCONNELSVILLE -- John Brown Jr. and his wife, Yolanda Baker Brown, were sentenced to five years probation today in Morgan County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to failing to provide for a functionally impaired person.
The couple, who now live in Zanesville, came to the attention of law enforcement after Yolanda's 8-year-son suffered seizures while bathing at the Browns' McConnelsville home in 2005.
The child, who has various physical and mental disabilities and uses a wheelchair, was transported to Genesis HealthCare System in Zanesville, and then taken to Children's Hospital in Columbus. It was there doctors determined the child has shaken baby syndrome and a blood clot in his brain had exploded.
http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/article/20110223/NEWS01/110223014
McCONNELSVILLE -- John Brown Jr. and his wife, Yolanda Baker Brown, were sentenced to five years probation today in Morgan County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to failing to provide for a functionally impaired person.
The couple, who now live in Zanesville, came to the attention of law enforcement after Yolanda's 8-year-son suffered seizures while bathing at the Browns' McConnelsville home in 2005.
The child, who has various physical and mental disabilities and uses a wheelchair, was transported to Genesis HealthCare System in Zanesville, and then taken to Children's Hospital in Columbus. It was there doctors determined the child has shaken baby syndrome and a blood clot in his brain had exploded.
http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/article/20110223/NEWS01/110223014
