Gunfire leads to child abuse charge

http://www.wptv.com/content/news/stlucie/story/pellet-gun-child-abuse-Christopher-Fred-Cady-boy/-DFpwkCc60SmvU5hKLRFFA.cspx?rss=762

Reported by: TCPalm
Last Update: 7:43 am

Christopher Cady (STLCSO)

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FL— A 39-year-old St. Lucie County man is facing child abuse charges after allegedly shooting a boy in the chest with a pellet gun to teach him a lesson, according to St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.

On Christmas Day, deputies charged Christopher Fred Cady, of the 2600 block of North U.S. 1, with felony cruelty toward child without great harm.

The report gives the following account:

The boy received a pellet gun as a Christmas gift and went outside to play with it. Outside, he shot his autistic cousin in the buttocks.

Cady, a registered sex offender, took the gun from the boy and shot the boy in the chest, “to show him what he felt like and that getting shot with a pellet gun hurts.”

A large welt was on the right side of the boy’s chest. The boy spent the night with his grandmother and the incident was reported to the Department of Children and Families.

As of Saturday, Cady was in St. Lucie County Jail in lieu of $500 bail for the child abuse charge and being held without bail for failing to report a change in address or name as a sex offender.

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Lora Brislin case by Evanlee

 http://parentingabu sedkids.wordpres s.com/2009/ 12/28/petition- save-sisters- from-court- ordered-abuse/

Lora Brislin is the mother of two daughters ages 6 and 4. Lora has not spoken to or seen her daughters since April of this year (2009). In May Judge Phyllis Miller of Gwinnett County, Georgia ordered that ALL custody and visitation be taken from Lora, and that the girls be in the sole custody of their father and his new wife.

Lora endured 5 years of physical and mental abuse at the hands of her former husband, the father of their 2 girls. During which time he, repeatedly hit Lora as well as stalked, harassed, and verbally abused her.

During their marriage the father wanted nothing to do with their two daughters. When Lora finally found the courage to leave her abuser in October of 2006, the father suddenly became adamant in 2007 after advice of his attorney to start exercising his visitation because he was not doing so. Not only did he get visitation of these children, he began threatening to take custody away from Lora Brislin.

Lora has been the one, for two years now who has had to endure a battery of psychological tests, chastisement and ridicule from the courts, and little help on the part of law enforcement officials. For two years, Ms. Brislin has heard numerous pleas of help from her daughters and has tried to make the courts listen to her and her children and, once and for all, hear the TRUTH. Instead, she was laughed at by the courts, told she was making false allegations against their father, and was a menace to her children. On May 7, 2009 the father was awarded sole custody and Lora was to have no contact with her daughters whatsoever by their Judge who has since been disbarred this July 2009.

The father served a lengthy term in jail as a result of his criminal activity.  In one of his previous marriages, not only did he also abuse his former wife as well.  He abandoned his son and gave up his parental rights in exchange for child support (not having to pay).

Lora Brislin, along with the undersigned, is confused by this outrageous injustice by the court. Ms. Brislin is not the only loving and responsible mother who has had her children literally ripped from her arms and placed in the sole custody of an abusive father. We are asking that this case be reopened and investigated.  We ask that this egregious injustice be dealt with, and that Lora and her daughters be reunited. If the sisters were placed in a neutral setting during this process and their safety assured to them, they would most likely state that they do not feel safe with their father and wish to be able to live with their mother.  They were “whipped” into silence and at one point made to say it was their mother who was the alleged molester when they were accompanied by their father to interviews. 

This grave misuse of power cannot be stood for! Clearly there is some reason other than simply poor judgment on the part of the courts that has caused Lora Brislin to lose all contact with her children. No matter what that hidden agenda might be, if the court decision is allowed to stand the Gwinnett County court system will be continuing to place these children in harms way and be punishing their mother for trying to protect them! NO CHILD OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THIS STATE CAN BE CONSIDERED SAFE IF WE CANNOT GET THESE SISTERS SAFE!

There are men and women all over the country as well as all over the world, who are watching to see what is done about this horrific case of court-ordered abuse. We believe that if government officials do not intervene in cases like this in which a clear misuse of power has destroyed the lives of two young children and their mother, then the government should be seen as, not only negligent, but as condoning this outrageous behavior on the part of judges who seemingly, has to answer to no one!

Our family court system was supposed to have been put in place for the purpose of aiding families, and in cases where abuse is involved, supporting the protective parent, thereby ensuring the safety of innocent and defenseless children. In this case, however, it appears that the very system that was put into place for the purpose of protecting children is, instead, aiding in the traumatizing of these helpless victims.

Update December 8, 2009: I just wanted to let members know that though we have been threatened legal action if this and similar sites were not taken down, this will not deter us in our fight for TRUTH and JUSTICE. We are not interested in clouding issues, we want to bring the truth into the light and if this upsets people, then they must have… something to hide. We have obviously hit a nerve and we got a reaction. We will continue to advocate for the Brislin sisters until a true, ethical and indepth investigation is completed. Not limited to polygraphs and the reopening of former documented evidence.

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Petition to Reunite Lora Brislin with her two daughters Megan and Elizabeth: We, the undersigned, are standing together in an attempt to speak for these little ones who are not allowed to speak for themselves and, in order to prevent further destruction in their lives, we are asking that this case be revisited and that The Truth finally be brought into The Light so that justice can prevail: http://www.thepetit ionsite.com/ 1/reunite- lora-brislin- two-daughters

Take Action and Sign Now!

Save 6 and 4 year old Sisters from Court Ordered Abuse Facebook Page:

http://www.facebook .com/home. php?#/group. php?gid=19671076 5527

Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV), Georgia (Education, Safety Planning, Shelter, Advocacy): http://www.padv. org

 

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Young mother who fled to Sydney to save her life-Husband Stabbed her to Death in Front of Children. (the Hague convention -- sent her back)

 http://www.smh.com.au/world/following-a-court-order-killed-her-20090503-ard1.html

Young mother fled to Sydney to save her life- husband convicted for stabbing his 24-year-old wife to death in front of his two little boys has been jailed for life in a British court, shouting abuse at her family as he was led away

PAOLA TOTARO HERALD CORRESPONDENT IN LONDON

Cassandra Hasonovic...convinced she was going to die at the hands of her husband.

CASSANDRA HASANOVIC was convinced she was going to die at the hands of her husband but her pleas for help - in Australia and Britain - fell on deaf ears.

"He said he was going to chop me up in little pieces and post me piece by piece to my family," she told police more than a year before her death.

The nightmare tale of the mother, 24, who was dragged out of a car and stabbed to death by her husband in front of her mother and two young sons in July, neared its climax in a British court yesterday.

Mrs Hasanovic died hours after begging British police to drive her to a safe house: "I live in fear for my safety. I am so scared of him."

Her story was recounted this week during the trial of Hajrudin Hasanovic, 33, who was last night found guilty of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in jail.

The jury learned how he was to have been deported to his native Serbia after losing custody of his children, following his conviction for sexually assaulting his wife.

They heard a damning story of a woman whose fears were ignored by authorities in two hemispheres for more than 12 months.

The five-year marriage ended in May 2007 after the sexual assault and Mrs Hasanovic fled to Australia, where she had relatives. She lived in the safety of Sydney's western suburbs in the fervent hope of seeking custody of her sons.

But Lewes Crown Court, in West Sussex, heard that Australian authorities insisted she return to Britain, arguing the case had to be pursued there.

Philippa McAtasney, QC, who opened the case for the prosecution, told the court that she returned to Britain at the cost of her life.

In the months that followed her return, police were called to several violent confrontations between the couple, and officers equipped the young mother with a panic alarm.

Mrs Hasanovic's mother, Sharon De Souza, broke down as she described the terror inside the car on July 29, when her son-in-law appeared from nowhere and lunged at the car as she prepared to drive her daughter and grandsons to a refuge.

In the panic, the car's central locking was de-activated, allowing Hasanovic to reach into the back seat, where his wife was sitting between the boys.

"I just remember trying to start the car and the alarm went off and I could not get the car started … I could see a figure coming towards me in the shade …" Mrs De Souza said.

"I looked up again and he was staring towards me. … I just thought: 'Oh, my God."'

She then saw Hasanovic drag her daughter from the car, leaving her face down on the pavement.

"She was lying on the ground. Her eyes were open and she was not moving at all.

"I didn't realise she was dead. I said: 'Come on, hold on, you're going to be OK.' I could see the blood [but] I could not take it in and I remember hearing the boys screaming."

"Cassie was devastated when under the Hague convention she was ordered to return the boys to England," Mrs De Souza said.

"This brutal, cruel and senseless act has torn our lives apart".

source:  http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/young-mother-fled-to-sydney-to-save-her-life-20090501-aq5z.html

Following a court order killed her

PAOLA TOTARO IN LONDON

May 4, 2009

Cassie with her sons Sam, 5, and Adam, 3. Photo: Supplied by Sussex Police

The man accused of stabbing his 24-year-old wife to death in front of his two little boys has been jailed for life in a British court, shouting abuse at her family as he was led away.

Hajrudin Hasanovic was convicted of the murder unanimously in a West Sussex Court but shouted at his former wife's devastated family and friends as he was led to the cells: "My children will never forgive you for what you have done to me and Cassie. . .you killed her. You are bastards all of you."

Police officers were forced to intervene and led him forcibly out of the dock, leaving the family in tears, the Argus newspaper reported.

The terrible tale the 24-year-old mother, Cassandra Hasanovic, who sought refuge from her violent husband in Australia but was refused unfolded during a three-week trial. The court heard that she was dragged out of the family car and stabbed to death by her husband in front of her mother and sons last July, just hours after begging police in the UK to drive her to safe house: "I live in fear for my safety. I am so scared of him."

Her estranged husband, 33, was set to be deported to his native Serbia after losing custody of his children in the wake of a conviction for his wife's sexual assault in 2007.

During the murder trial, the jury heard a damning story of an increasingly desperate young woman who feared for her life and the safety of her sons but whose anxiety was downplayed or ignored by authorities in two hemispheres over a period of more than 12 months.

The young couple's five-year marriage ended in May after the first conviction and Cassandra Hasanovic initially fled to Australia where she had family. She lived in the fervent hope that she could pursue custody of her two boys from the safety of Sydney's western suburbs. However the Lewes Court in West Sussex heard that Australian courts insisted she return to the UK, arguing that the case had to be pursued through the British courts.

Philippa McAtasney, QC, who opened the case for the prosecution told the Court: "She obeyed the court order at the cost of her life."

In the months that followed her return, police were called to several violent confrontations between the couple and officers equipped the young mother with a police panic alarm.

Cassie's mother, Sharon De Souza, who desperately tried to drive her daughter to a refuge after police refused to drive her, issued a statement through the family's support officer after the verdict.

She provided a photograph of her beloved daughter and her little grandchildren in memory. Mrs De Souza said nothing could express the family's devastation: "Cassie was a beautiful, loving, compassionate, inspirational woman, an amazing mother, daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, cousin and friend,

"Gentle, warm, thoughtful, caring and generous. A courageous and devoted mother who absolutely adored her children. She wanted to build a beautiful life with them and she had everything to live for. She was just 24 years old when she died.

Mrs De Souza, who now lives in Sydney with her grandchildren, said "a light has gone out of our lies never to be replaced".

". . .She fled to Australia in fear for her and her boys' safety. Cassie was devastated when the Hague convention court hearing in Australia ordered the return of the boys to England. Although Cassie was in fear for her life she felt forced to return with them despite the police deeming Cassie and the boys high risk."

source:  http://www.smh.com.au/world/following-a-court-order-killed-her-20090503-ard1.html

 

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Sean Goldman’s Grandma Speaks Out

Sean Goldman’s Grandma Speaks Out

Filed under: Brazil, Child Custody Battle, Child Custody Issues, Child Custody Mediation, Child custody for fathers, Children's rights, David Goldman, Family Court Reform, Family Courts, Family Rights, Fathers Rights, Human Rights, New Jersey, Parental Alienation Syndrome, Sean Goldman, Silvana Bianchi, parental alienation — justice4mothers @ 4:37 pm

Well, I see the “abducted” crowd is still screaming it about.  Here is what Sean’s grandmother has to say now that Sean has left…from Brazzil Magazine:

Grandmother Blasts Brazil for Selling Out Sean Goldman and Vows to Visit Him Soon

Written by José Wilson Miranda   

Saturday, 26 December 2009

Silvana Bianchi, the grandmother of Sean Goldman, the 9-year-old American boy who was taken to Brazil by his mother when he was 4 and who was returned to the United States, this Christmas Eve, met the press in Rio, on Christmas day, to talk about the departure of her grandson.

Bianchi, who had sent an open letter to Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva asking that Sean be heard by the courts so that he could tell the judge if he wished to stay in Brazil or live with his father in the US, once again criticized the decision of the Supreme Court that ordered the immediate handover of the boy to his American father.

“It was one of the saddest things in my life, because to me Sean was a younger son,” the grandmother stated. “I had already lost my daughter, I kept Sean, my son Luca and the little girl. But to give up a child is a very painful thing.”

She recalled how painful it was to have to say goodbye to the boy at Rio’s US Consulate:

“I gave Sean a kiss and said, ‘Sean, my heart and yours are going to be together forever, nobody can separate us.’ What’s inside my heart and what’s inside Sean’s heart no one will separate, no one will censor, no one will pull out as they did. After that we parted and so far I haven’t had news of him.”

She cried a lot and seemed outraged. “What they’ve done to my grandson is such a coward act, that sentence by Minister Gilmar Mendes is inhumane. He separated two siblings. I’m with a baby girl of 1 year and 5 months in my house who is asking me all the time where is her brother. To exchange my grandson for an economic agreement between two countries is an act with a child that has no adjective to describe it.”

Sean’s uncle, Luca Bianchi, who also participated in the press conference, commented that David Goldman, Sean’s father, showed no interest in seeing the child before the death of Bruna Bianchi, the boy’s mother and his sister, who died while giving birth to daughter Chiara, a little over one year ago.

“The first time he requested to visit Sean was a week after the death of my sister. Before that, I believe that for 4 years and 8 months, he never asked to visit the son,” said Luca, who also told reporters how the boy acted upon learning he would have to go back to the US.

“There are two things he said the day he got the news that stuck in my head. The first was when we said, ‘Look, Sean, we lost, we did everything we could, but now there’s nothing else we can do, you will have to go back to the United States’. He said: ‘But how? But I don’t want. I don’t want.’ We told him, ‘But it’s the law.’ He then said: ‘Damn, I lost my mother and now am I going to lose my whole family?”

The Bianchis say they want to go as soon as they can to the United States, but they want to be sure that they will be allowed to see  Sean.

“We will ask for visitation rights, through the Brazilian embassy in Washington and this visit will happen as soon as possible,” said the grandmother.

Sergio Tostes, the family’s lawyer, showed the press the Christmas card made by Sean and sent to him and his wife.

“I want to show the card he sent us: ‘Sergio and Etilene, thanks for the help and three million things more. I write little because this can’t be explained with words. Merry Christmas, a kiss, Sean. Don’t throw this away. I made it myself,’” read Tostes.

“This was a lovely boy, this boy who they said was not mature enough to express his opinion,” the lawyer added.

In the Attorney General’s Office, no one was found to talk about the Bianchis interview. The Supreme Court and the Planalto Palace, Lula’s office, declined to comment on their statements.

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Dossier: Mark K Godbey DSM IV definition: Someone who suffers from Narcissistic Personality disorder (NPD) has at least 5 of the following characteristics:

HIGH SCORE- for Godbey !!

fits EACH of the 9 criteria! Give that man an award for dumb ass of the decade.  Go stalk some else –asshole– there is no treatment for ASSHOLE  Personality’s though (except lead injection.) *dream*

DSM IV definition: Someone who suffers from Narcissistic Personality disorder (NPD) has at least 5 of the following characteristics:

1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
6. is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes

 

Dossier: Mark K Godbey

Mark K Godbey has a long history of frivolous litigation against his ex wife.  Despite numerous restraining orders made against him, he continued to persue her through the courts.   He was sentenced for contempt on two occasions.
Alike most advocates for shared parenting, he publicly claims to promote that children are better off with both parents and privately cheers on cases where the child has been deprived of the mother:

Labels: Fathers Rights, Mark Godbey, Mark K Godbey, Mark Kevin Godbey

http://www.narcissism101.com/Beginning/dsm_iv.html

DSM IV definition: Someone who suffers from Narcissistic Personality disorder (NPD) has at least 5 of the following characteristics:

1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
6. is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes

Associated Features: Depressed Mood Dramatic or Erratic or Antisocial Personality

Differential Diagnosis Some disorders have similar or even the same symptom.
Histrionic Personality Disorder; Antisocial Personality Disorder; Borderline Personality Disorder; Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder; Schizotypal Personality Disorder; Paranoid Personality Disorder; Manic Episodes; Hypomanic Episodes; Personality Change Due to a General Medical Condition; Symptoms that may develop in association with chronic substance use.

Go to Sam Vaknin

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Judge David ‘death’ Debenham Shawnee County Court Whorehouse- Merry Christmas! (The Murder of Motherhood pt 2)

 

Maybe we could call this the 12 days to truth- no Christmas cookies here- I hurt and I am angry a normal reaction to a very heinous and horrific OUTRAGE!

 

Dear Judge David Debenham Shawnee County Court Whorehouse Merry Christmas - from my dear mother watching you from heaven!  Ohhhhh…. wait I am in contempt for this beautiful tribute video—So be it…

My mother says ‘fuck you” (as do I)- ‘’when they circumcised you they threw away the wrong part”-my daughters Granny that you denied (as the video below shows)

Its not bad enough that you have to screw up your own daughter after the death of your wife ( oh how the court hallways talk)  but you have the ‘lack of balls’  to stop fucking up the lives of OTHER little girls (my daughter) how the mother dead mother of your daughters must be- as she looks down on this x-mas evening upon your new wife and family and her precious daughters you tossed away.

But OHHHHHHHH wait you are only defending the father- who still maintains the coffin.. but wait your a GOOD Judge/god- little man syndrome-

I have noting left but the truth- the same truth that still stands 16 years later! I have nothing better to do with my time than to exercise my 1st amendment right- ( as you know my own mother died this time .. Merry fucking Christmas Judge ‘death’ Debenham. FUCK YOU! and all the other court whores ( each will get their own special post) See M. Jill Dykes- two down….

Oh, dear Judge did you know that the real Claudine Dombrowski is WORLD WIDE???  Her sites her blogs her name- is everyone's- This mom will never go away- and neither will the shit that this court CONTINUES to try to keep Silent

.. WE are the world…

and

… WE are every where

 

for now, this will serve as a Christmas card to all the whores of this Court all who have and are- a part of the Inter-American Commission Human Rights Petition – for ohh gee guess what- HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLTIONS!!!

how proud you must be as you ‘cheer’ each other tonight- while so many suffer from YOUR profit.

keep on violating all Human Rights, Constitutional rights ( as if that ever did exist) Bill of Rights and the list goes on and on…. There is no justice- JUST-US- the  lawyers, Judges and Other court whores- keep playing your silly games… the truth remains simply- the truth.

Google your own name Judge David Debenaham - no need to Google my name with yours- your a star on your own-

and we are only just beginning.

On Jan 8th, 2010 when you sever my rights – recall it must be because I am a threat to my daughter- NOT YOU! and the court whores!

Judge David ‘death’ Debenham- ‘SOLD’ to the highest bidder denies even in death human rights.

 

 

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http://www.viddler.com/explore/AngelFury/videos/2/

Merry Christmas Mom, Merry x-mas my daughter- I miss you both..

I will never give up!!

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Media Bias -- the Sean Goldman Brazil abduction stories -justice’s posterous

 

Media Bias -- the Sean Goldman Brazil abduction stories

 

 

The New York Times and Rep. Chris Smith say: "The boy was taken to Brazil in 2004 by the woman who was Mr. Goldman's wife at the time..." So much for throwing the parent card. That wasn't "the woman who was Mr. Goldman's wife".  That was the little boy's MOTHER, who bore this child, and who took him home, away from the New Jersey she hated, and into the bosom of her extended family, where she herself had grown up. The Goldmans did not meet and commence their relationship in New Jersey.  They only married and settled there once Bruna already was pregnant with Sean. Had Goldman been reasonable and allowed the child's mother to go home as she had begged to do, and to retain custody of the baby she risked her life to bring into the world, he would not have a complaint now about having been cut off. But selfishly, he did not do that.

"...relatives of Mr. Goldman's ex-wife, who died last year, were exploring legal options that would enable them to keep Sean..." Once again, "ex-wife" is used instead of "mother". Motherhood is invisible. The relatives are described as if they are strangers, rather than the beloved family members and home this child understandably does not want to leave. They include blood relatives of the child, with whom he has lived for nearly his entire childhood memory with his mother, who recently -- ironically -- died in childbirth.

Pandering Rep. Smith has called David Goldman the "primary caregiver" and the child's "best friend", again ignoring the woman who gave birth to the child and actually was the child's closest attachment. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/world/americas/23rio.html

Is the situation painful and difficult? Of course. But propaganda does not help. While the U.S. press and politicos condemn Bruna for bringing her baby with her to Brazil, and now also condemn the boy's real emotional family for wanting to protect him, the same media ignore that what the father seeks to do to this child who just lost his mother is exponentially worse. Notwithstanding the ignorant peanut galleries who chime along in favor of men's rights to declare where their chattel women and the children they bear must reside, mothers of children who are abducted from them don't seem to get Congressional Resolutions or incessant international media coverage. That apparently is reserved mainly for mothers AS abductors. The expedient application of a faux gender neutrality to parentage primarily for the benefit of fathers' rights is Orwellian.

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