Brown found guilty by jury for abusing 2 year-old
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December 17, 2014
Charlea Mills
A Wheaton man was found guilty Friday after a four-day jury trial for abusing a 26 month-old baby. Joshua Tyler Brown, 30, of Wheaton, will be sentenced at a hearing scheduled for February 11, 2015.
According to Barry County Prosecuting Attorney Johnnie Cox, Brown left the child with second degree burns on her buttocks, bruising on the back of her head, indications of bruising on the sides of her head and places on the sides and top of her head where her hair had been pulled out.
Brown was the boyfriend of the child’s mother, Janine Lynn Donnell, who also faces a child endangerment charge for neglecting to report the incidents or take her for medical treatment. It wasn’t until the two-year old’s paternal grandmother and her father’s girlfriend saw the girl that she received medical treatment. The staff at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room treated her injuries.
Cox stated that initially, Brown was charged with child endangerment in the 1st degree for not taking her for medical treatment. However, the child’s statements later brought to light Brown’s involvement in her injuries. Cox stated, “She started telling her family things about Brown hurting her, so we changed the wording of the charge.” The actual charge didn’t change, it remained a class C felony count of endangering a child in the 1st degree.
When asked if Brown had a violent history, Cox stated, “He’d been arrested in Barry County previously for violating an order of protection in 2010. He had three counts of violating an order of protection here, and he had also been arrested for a similar charge in Fayetteville (Arkansas). However, he didn’t have any prior convictions.”
It took the jury around five hours to come back with a guilty verdict. Cox stated, “The jury in this case worked very hard, and they were very attentive throughout the whole trial.” Stone County’s Judge Mark A. Stephens heard the case after Brown’s attorney John Lewright requested a change of judge from the original Barry County Judge Jack Goodman.
As far as the outcome, Cox stated, “I’m satisfied that the jury gave this case serious consideration and did the right thing by submitting a guilty verdict.”
Brown faces up to seven years in prison and up to a $5,000 fine for the conviction that will be determined in the sentencing hearing in February.
The child’s mother, Donnell, does not yet have a trial date set.
Charlea Mills
A Wheaton man was found guilty Friday after a four-day jury trial for abusing a 26 month-old baby. Joshua Tyler Brown, 30, of Wheaton, will be sentenced at a hearing scheduled for February 11, 2015.
According to Barry County Prosecuting Attorney Johnnie Cox, Brown left the child with second degree burns on her buttocks, bruising on the back of her head, indications of bruising on the sides of her head and places on the sides and top of her head where her hair had been pulled out.
Brown was the boyfriend of the child’s mother, Janine Lynn Donnell, who also faces a child endangerment charge for neglecting to report the incidents or take her for medical treatment. It wasn’t until the two-year old’s paternal grandmother and her father’s girlfriend saw the girl that she received medical treatment. The staff at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room treated her injuries.
Cox stated that initially, Brown was charged with child endangerment in the 1st degree for not taking her for medical treatment. However, the child’s statements later brought to light Brown’s involvement in her injuries. Cox stated, “She started telling her family things about Brown hurting her, so we changed the wording of the charge.” The actual charge didn’t change, it remained a class C felony count of endangering a child in the 1st degree.
When asked if Brown had a violent history, Cox stated, “He’d been arrested in Barry County previously for violating an order of protection in 2010. He had three counts of violating an order of protection here, and he had also been arrested for a similar charge in Fayetteville (Arkansas). However, he didn’t have any prior convictions.”
It took the jury around five hours to come back with a guilty verdict. Cox stated, “The jury in this case worked very hard, and they were very attentive throughout the whole trial.” Stone County’s Judge Mark A. Stephens heard the case after Brown’s attorney John Lewright requested a change of judge from the original Barry County Judge Jack Goodman.
As far as the outcome, Cox stated, “I’m satisfied that the jury gave this case serious consideration and did the right thing by submitting a guilty verdict.”
Brown faces up to seven years in prison and up to a $5,000 fine for the conviction that will be determined in the sentencing hearing in February.
The child’s mother, Donnell, does not yet have a trial date set.
