Posted on Thu, Nov 1, 2012 : 6:44 p.m.
Ypsilanti man charged with child abuse in death of 1-year-old Hudson boy waives examination
By John Counts
Timothy Martin
LeRoy Beals
The Ypsilanti man accused of child abuse in the death of a 1-year-old boy waived his preliminary exam in a Lenawee County court on Oct. 29, MLive reports.
The next scheduled court appearance for Timothy Ryan Martin, 25, is in the Lenawee County Circuit Court Nov. 7.
Martin was babysitting for his girlfriend's 1-year-old son, LeRoy Henry Beals, on Oct. 15 when Beals died from head trauma, according to MLive's report. Martin is charged with first-degree child abuse in connection to the death.
Read the full MLive story here.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
Erica Sprinkle
Fri, Nov 2, 2012 : 1:32 p.m.
Linda peak, right now he is only being charged with first degree murder, until the FINAL report of the autopsy are in...i know Tim Martin personally,
Linda Peck
Fri, Nov 2, 2012 : 1:16 p.m.
This man is not being charged with murder or manslaughter? I am very surprised with this charge.
Purple
Fri, Nov 2, 2012 : 12:04 p.m.
My thoughts are prayers are with the family, it is really sad to see all the violence against children recently.
PineyWoodsGuy
Fri, Nov 2, 2012 : 6:06 a.m.
Who does aa.com have policing Reader's Comments. Geeze! How Vanilla can you get? Just wondering . . .