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Waldo County woman accused of burning child’s hand on wood stove

By Abigail Curtis, BDN Staff
Posted Jan. 27, 2014, at 3:59 p.m.
Last modified Jan. 27, 2014, at 6 p.m.

THORNDIKE, Maine — A local woman whom police say intentionally burned her 6-year-old son’s hand on the wood stove was arrested and charged last week in connection with the incident.

Police from the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office received a referral from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services about Michele Dunworth, 30, of Thorndike after her son’s teacher asked him what had happened to his hand. The bandaged boy had what appeared to have been a second- or third-degree burn that was several inches long, police said.

“He told the staff at the school that his mother had put his hand against the wood stove basically to discipline him,” Lt. Jason Trundy said Monday. “He’d been playing with his sister. She’d fallen and burned herself to some degree. His mother’s way of teaching him a lesson was to put his hand against the wood stove. That’s what he told the staff.”

Deputy Nick Oettinger, the school resource officer for Regional School Unit 3, spoke to the boy, who told him the same story. Then the deputy spoke to Dunworth, who said it wasn’t true, Trundy said.

“The mother claims the boy pushed the girl and they both got burned on the stove. She denies putting his hand against it,” Trundy said. “But another child in the home, the 7-year-old sister, was interviewed. Her story was identical to the little boy’s. Based on the testimony of both the little boy and little girl in the home, we made the decision that we felt we had probable cause to charge the mother.”

Dunworth was arrested on Jan. 21 and charged with domestic violence assault and endangering the welfare of a child. She was taken to Waldo County Jail in Belfast to be booked and remained there until being freed on $500 cash bail the next day.

Law enforcement and DHHS officials, though concerned about the children’s safety, decided not to remove the boy from the home and not to impose a no-contact provision on Dunworth’s bail conditions.
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Trundy said that Dunworth recently moved to Thorndike and lived with a man who wasn’t the children’s father.

As part of her conditions of release, Dunworth will be working with the nonprofit group Volunteers of America, which contracts with the Waldo County Jail to supervise some people before or after their trials.

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http://bangordailynews.com/2014/01/...urning-childs-hand-on-wood-stove/?ref=polbeat
 
I say we smush her face against the wood burning stove! If that's how she punishes her son for burning his sister, she should be ok with being burned to teach HER that burning someone is bad. Inbred looking moron.
 
Is it just me, but seems like I am noticing a lot of stories out of Maine lately.

Maine - the Florida of New England
 
aw enforcement and DHHS officials, though concerned about the children’s safety, decided not to remove the boy from the home and not to impose a no-contact provision on Dunworth’s bail conditions.

Great- now she has the opportunity to coach her kids into changing their stories!
 
She'll threaten the kid's to change their story. They're young enough to fall for her bullshit. If she's sick enough to burn him then who knows what she'll do to get them to side with her.
 
Law enforcement and DHHS officials, though concerned about the children’s safety, decided not to remove the boy from the home and not to impose a no-contact provision on Dunworth’s bail conditions.

Those fuckers can't be too concerned. Those kids should be removed!
 
Damn it! Why are these sadistic evil beings allowed to procreate!!!! That is fucking sadistic to do that to a child, you fucking bitch, I would LOVE to punish you with a burn! I am seriously scared at what these poor kids are going to grow up like! THEY LIVE WHAT THEY LEARN!
 
Law enforcement and DHHS officials, though concerned about the children’s safety, decided not to remove the boy from the home and not to impose a no-contact provision on Dunworth’s bail conditions.
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For the love of all that is holy, how does this make any sense???
 
Seriously? She is STILL keeping these kids:
A Thorndike mother accused of burning her son’s hand on a wood stove as punishment will continue to have custody of the child because authorities say there aren’t any other good options.

Michelle Dunworth, 30, is charged with endangering the welfare of a child and domestic violence assault after allegedly putting her 6-year-old son’s hand on a wood stove “so he would know what it feels like.” He had mistakenly pushed his sister into the stove, prompting the punishment, police said.

She entered a plea of not guilty in Waldo County District Court in Belfast on Tuesday, according to the district attorney’s office, and remains free on $500 bail.

The case is scheduled to go to trial next month while Dunworth’s 6-year-old son, a 7-year-old daughter and an 8-year-old son remain in her custody, Waldo County Deputy District Attorney Eric J. Walker said Thursday.

The family recently moved to Maine from Kansas and there are no extended family members or friends that the children could have been placed with, Walker said.

“This was a very difficult situation and it wasn’t something we took lightly,” Walker said. “After talking with officials from DHHS and officers that handled the case, we determined that while we had lots of options, none of them were great.”

The Department of Health and Human Services has refused to comment on the case, citing confidentiality reasons. But Happy Kearns, a victim advocate for the Waldo County district attorney’s office said that there are many factors that go into whether a child is removed from a home.

The safety and best interest of the child are always put first, said Kearns. The determination is not made in connection with when, or if, a case goes to trial or even if there are criminal charges involved, she said. Rather, any allegation of child abuse will result in an investigation and the child will be removed immediately if further danger is a possibility, she said.

If families can be worked with to establish a safety plan and if there are adults to monitor and check on the well-being of the child, DHHS officials always prefer pursuing those options instead of removing a child from a home, which can be a very traumatic experience, said Kearns.

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The affidavit also states that, according to the children, Dunworth frequently punishes them by inflicting the same behavior on them that they are being punished for. Dunworth said she typically tells her children to take a time out when they misbehave.
 
DHHS officials always prefer pursuing those options instead of removing a child from a home, which can be a very traumatic experience, said Kearns.

How fucking ridiculous...because burning a child's hand on stove isn't traumatic at all... :meh:
 
First of all you people don't know shit. She loved all of her children more than herself and would never harm any of them. She couldn't even bring herself to put them in a corner for more than a minute. She died yesterday because of heart complications... On Mother's Day so thank you all for your input on someone you never met. She will be missed. I LOVE YOU SISSY.
 
First of all you people don't know shit. She loved all of her children more than herself and would never harm any of them. She couldn't even bring herself to put them in a corner for more than a minute. She died yesterday because of heart complications... On Mother's Day so thank you all for your input on someone you never met. She will be missed. I LOVE YOU SISSY.
Enlighten us, please. How did he get the burn?
 
First of all you people don't know shit. She loved all of her children more than herself and would never harm any of them. She couldn't even bring herself to put them in a corner for more than a minute. She died yesterday because of heart complications... On Mother's Day so thank you all for your input on someone you never met. She will be missed. I LOVE YOU SISSY.
Yes, bitching at us is definitely going to make her look better. Why on earth you would google her when you surely must know about what news articles are saying just boggles my mind. Did you expect people to NOT be pissed off when reading about a woman who put her son's hand to a hot stove?

If you think the facts presented in the news articles are lies, then go harass them. Or bring some facts, or evidence to prove your case. Because this shit is pointless.
 
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First of all you people don't know shit. She loved all of her children more than herself and would never harm any of them. She couldn't even bring herself to put them in a corner for more than a minute. She died yesterday because of heart complications... On Mother's Day so thank you all for your input on someone you never met. She will be missed. I LOVE YOU SISSY.

If she's so great we should assume you are too correct? Why didn't you take your neices/nephews in when they needed a place? You all are family, it wouldn't have mattered if they slept on the floor as long as they were being loved and provided for!
She sounds like she loved herself.

What I can say is that I hope these children go to a home where they are loved and not subjected to 2nd and 3rd degree burns as a form of punishment!

She shouldn't have been able to stand the screams, smell and look of betrayal see saw when she purposely burned her son THEN didn't get him any treatment for it! You can keep giving your fuck about your sister ( I may for my siblings as well no matter how fucked up they are/were) BUT I wll be giving no fucks for her life or death!

Complications???? Heart or drug or heart because of drugs?
 
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First of all you people don't know shit. She loved all of her children more than herself and would never harm any of them. She couldn't even bring herself to put them in a corner for more than a minute. She died yesterday because of heart complications... On Mother's Day so thank you all for your input on someone you never met. She will be missed. I LOVE YOU SISSY.
You're welcome.
Just becos she passed before they could bring this to trial doesn't mean she's innocent. Also if she was so innocent then why did the other child corroborate the little boys story. Yea... I'm gonna go with the news on this one. And the cops.
 
First of all you people don't know shit. She loved all of her children more than herself and would never harm any of them. She couldn't even bring herself to put them in a corner for more than a minute. She died yesterday because of heart complications... On Mother's Day so thank you all for your input on someone you never met. She will be missed. I LOVE YOU SISSY.
good riddannce
 
First of all you people don't know shit. She loved all of her children more than herself and would never harm any of them. She couldn't even bring herself to put them in a corner for more than a minute. She died yesterday because of heart complications... On Mother's Day so thank you all for your input on someone you never met. She will be missed. I LOVE YOU SISSY.
She couldn't bring herself to put them in a corner, but she had NO problems at all inflicting horrendous pain on the poor kid. I think God stepped in on this one. Since the retarded cps peeps there decided not to remove the kids, God removed the mom..funny how shit happens...
 
First of all you people don't know shit. She loved all of her children more than herself and would never harm any of them. She couldn't even bring herself to put them in a corner for more than a minute. She died yesterday because of heart complications... On Mother's Day so thank you all for your input on someone you never met. She will be missed. I LOVE YOU SISSY.
I WANT THE OBIT.
 
I figured @China. I looked too, and you'd think, with that tiny hodink town, this would be hot news. Real hot, better than the rat turd found in the sugar shaker at Swine and Dine.
 
Gofundme? Chuck the bitch in a grill. I have a lighter.
Edit to add... don't I feel like an ass. It's a fund for the children.
 
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