Sentenced: 16MO Baby Fighting For Her Life; Father Texted Girl Wanted Knuckle Sandwiches For Dinner

[Sugar Cookie]

A 16-month-old New Port Richey baby is on a ventilator fighting for her life while her 32-year-old father sits behind bars.

According to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, John Michael Budlove was arrested after his baby daughter was taken to the hospital with "significant bruising" to her face and back.

Detectives said Budlove brought the baby to Morton Plant North Bay Hospital Dec. 6 where doctors discovered she was in critical condition with a subdural hematoma, a traumatic brain injury that results in bleeding from the brain.

She was taken to St. Joseph's Children's Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Tampa by Bay Flight helicopter.

Budlove told detectives that the baby was in his care from about 4:30 p.m. Dec. 5 to 5:30 a.m. Dec. 6 while his wife was at work.

He said on the evening of Dec. 5, he put the baby in a Pack n' Play playpen to sleep and said she had no facial bruises at that time. He said she did make some sounds during the night but that wasn't unusual.

When he woke up the baby the next morning at about 7:30 a.m., he said he noticed the injuries on her face. He told detectives that the baby must have inflicted the bruises herself during the night.

As for the bruising on the back, Budlove told detectives that the baby would place wooden blocks on the floor and then repeatedly drop on top of them, back down, causing the bruising.

Budlove's wife told detectives that the baby had no facial bruising when she went to work Dec. 5. She returned home at 5:30 a.m. the next day but didn't wake the sleeping baby. She said she became aware of the injuries at 7:30 a.m. Dec. 6 after Budlove woke the baby.

When she saw the injuries, she told Budlove to take the baby to the hospital.

Pasco County detectives were called to St. Joseph's to investigate and said the baby was barely moving and would not open her eyes.

Both Budlove and his wife agreed to allow detectives to download messages from their cell phones. In one message Budlove sent to his wife on Oct. 12, he said, "She was laying down. She apparently wants knuckle sandwiches for dinner."

Year-Old Baby Fighting For Life On Ventilator After Being Abused

A 16-month-old New Port Richey baby is on a ventilator fighting for her life while her 32-year-old father sits behind bars.

patch.com

 

[Satanica]

Dumb, brutal idiot.

 

[EyEgOrE]

I hope Budlove get more bud-love than he can handle.

 

[Babs]

"He told detectives that the baby must have inflicted the bruises herself during the night."

Yeah right. She was so hungry she gave herself the knuckle sandwiches. What a pathetic liar.

 

[Jessica78]

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Awe. She's a sweet one. Smh, I will never understand how someone can hurt someone so small.

 

[Sejanus]

Another #7.
Jeez.

This guy is an asshole.
Fortunately in prison, assholes are loved by many large angry men.

 

[rushman]

Give him the "Negan" treatment

 

[Inferus]

Budlove? Gonna be living up to that name for eight to twelve.

 

[Bobbo]

“he put the baby in a Pack n' Play playpen to sleep and said she had no facial bruises at that time.”

Um...

Did he open the Pack n’ Play?

 

[Vancramento]

I can't even come up with a smart ass attempt at humor after reading this. I really fucking hate this world sometimes.

 

[McDanel]

I liked the line about the baby intentionally throwing herself backwards onto blocks... after that, you can pretty much toss any word he says in the garbage.

 

[Brittany Kern]

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Get my daughters picture off this fucking site. She is not the child the article is about. How dare you post someone's child on this slander site. Take it the fuck down

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The above poster is saying the child above is not the one that was abused.

So I will be removing the image.

If it ends up being the child in question I will repost it.

 

[Brillig]

So, whose kid was in the photo, and how did they find that allegedly incorrect photo by googling this case? Must be related to the case somehow.

 

[Future_Milf]

The baby dropped herself on wooden blocks? This motherfucker has some nerve.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

@Brittany Kern
Said
"this slander site."

Wait, so he's innocent then?

 

[myra manes]

Get my daughters picture off this fucking site. She is not the child the article is about. How dare you post someone's child on this slander site. Take it the fuck down

Brittany Budlove ..

You have more than one child being abused by your hubby?
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Brittany Budlove & John Budlove's Baby Registry on The Bump

Brittany Budlove & John Budlove from registered at for their baby shower registry with a due date of . Browse their baby registries.

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Here's a link to the loving parents baby registry @ Target ..


I didn't notice any punching gloves on the registry, though ..

 

[Craygor]

She said she became aware of the injuries at 7:30 a.m. Dec. 6 after Budlove woke the baby.

It appears that less than a day after his broken baby was sent to the hospital, John decided to do a bit of pot dealing (Fl code 893.13.1A2). He was caught and booked at 6:13am Dec 7.

19 hours later, an hour after midnight, he was released on a $5,000 bond.

Individual's Charge Report

​ Name:​ BUDLOVE, JOHN MICHAEL (W/M)​ Booking #:​ 233618​ DOB:​ 09/13/1987​ Arrest Date:​ 12/07/2019​ Arrest Time:​ 00:00:00​ Booking Date:​ 12/07/2019​ Booking Time:​ 06:13:00​ Release Date:​ 12/08/2019​ Release Time:​ 01:22:48​ Race:​ W​ Sex:​ M​ Name Booking No​ Booking Date​ Booking Time​ BUDLOVE, JOHN MICHAEL (W/M) 233618​ 12/07/2019​ 06:13:00​ Home Address City State Zip 4651 DAPHNE ST NEW PORT RICHEY NEW PORT RICHEY FL 34652 Status Facility INACTIVE​ CENTRAL BOOKING​ City of Birth​ Place of Birth​ Current Age​ Race​ Sex​ Hair​ Eyes​ Height​ Weight​ Dob​ HARVEY​ IL​ 32​ W​ M​ BRO​ GRN​ 505​ 140​ 09/13/1987​ Arrest Agency Arrest Date​ Arrest Age​ PASCO SHERIFFS OFFICE 12/07/2019​ 32​

Arrests & Charges

Arrest Type	Arrest Report#	Arrest Date	Agency	OBTS	Charge No
ARREST	19050889	2019/12/07	PSO	5101169086	495138
​ Charge Seq Charge Description​ Charge Code​ Bond Amt​ Court Case#​ Felony/Misdemeanor​ Charge Type Disposition 1​ MARIJUANA- PRODUCE​ 893.13.1A2 PRMARI​ $5,000​ 2019CF007301AWS.1​ FELONY​ STATE​ BOND​ Note:​

2 days later, at 7:14 pm Dec 10, he was booked again on the aggravated child abuse charge. His $5,000 bond was revoked and now has a $25,000 bond hanging over his head.

Individual's Charge Report

​ Name:​ BUDLOVE, JOHN MICHAEL (W/M)​ Booking #:​ 233737​ DOB:​ 09/13/1987​ Arrest Date:​ 12/10/2019​ Arrest Time:​ 00:00:00​ Booking Date:​ 12/10/2019​ Booking Time:​ 19:14:00​ Release Date:​ ​ Release Time:​ ​ Race:​ W​ Sex:​ M​ Name Booking No​ Booking Date​ Booking Time​ BUDLOVE, JOHN MICHAEL (W/M) 233737​ 12/10/2019​ 19:14:00​ Home Address City State Zip 4651 DAPHNE ST NEW PORT RICHEY NEW PORT RICHEY FL 34652 Status Facility ACTIVE​ CENTRAL BOOKING​ City of Birth​ Place of Birth​ Current Age​ Race​ Sex​ Hair​ Eyes​ Height​ Weight​ Dob​ HARVEY​ IL​ 32​ W​ M​ BRO​ GRN​ 505​ 140​ 09/13/1987​ Arrest Agency Arrest Date​ Arrest Age​ PASCO SHERIFFS OFFICE 12/10/2019​ 32​

Arrests & Charges

Arrest Type	Arrest Report#	Arrest Date	Agency	OBTS	Charge No
ARREST	19050806	2019/12/10	PSO	5102142736	495382
​ Charge Seq Charge Description​ Charge Code​ Bond Amt​ Court Case#​ Felony/Misdemeanor​ Charge Type Disposition 1​ CHILD ABUSE, AGGRAVATED​ 827.03.2A​ $25,000​ 2019CF007351AWS.1​ FELONY​ STATE​ JAIL LAND O LAKES​ Note:​ ​
Arrest Type	Arrest Report#	Arrest Date	Agency	OBTS	Charge No
ARREST	19000000	2019/12/11	OTHR		495454
​ Charge Seq Charge Description​ Charge Code​ Bond Amt​ Court Case#​ Felony/Misdemeanor​ Charge Type Disposition 1​ MARIJUANA- PRODUCE​ 893.13.1A2 PRMARI​ $0​ 2019CF007301AWS.1​ FELONY​ STATE​ JAIL LAND O LAKES​ Note:​ BND RVKD @ ADV​

According to his Linkin, John used to be in the 'Patient Administration Specialist' in the Army and says that he is currently a 'Maintenance Technician' at a retirement community called, The Oaks of Clearwater, in nearby Clearwater.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-budlove-71b280120

Btw, this is where knuckle sandwiches are given out to toddlers.

 

[everjaded]

According to this link he's wrongfully accused and the child in question is his sister's. She apparently came to him already injured before he got custody, and now he's taking the blame. No explanation for the knuckle sandwich text. Go Fund Me has already been taken down, apparently.

https://m.facebook.com/story/graphq...fSTEwMDAwNjY5NjgyOTIxMToyNTgzNjAxNDQ4NTM5NzI0


LOL @Sugar Cookie this one called you out by name
https://m.facebook.com/JusticeforJohn87/

 

[Brillig]

So, whose kid was in the photo, and how did they find that allegedly incorrect photo by googling this case? Must be related to the case somehow.

Ah, the photo was of his bio daughter, and the baby he abused was actually his niece, who he had custody of. His wife Brittany, who has a hissy at anyone who says or implies he might be guilty, found this site by googling his name and crime.

On her Facebook page dedicated to "Justice for John" (AKA the baby beater, the knuckle sandwich giver), her only references to the injured baby are that the baby came to them damaged. Zero references to how the baby is doing now.

The FB page does mention how the baby had lots of doctors appointments in the months leading up to the serious injuries that hospitalized her, but no doctor ever noticed that she had a brain bleed until she was hospitalized. Riiiiight.

She says the doctors and police have it all wrong, and Mr Knuckle Sandwich is totally innocent. She started a Go Fund Me for him, but deactivated it and refunded everyone's money. Now they have a different link and are still begging for people to send them money.

WINNING!!

 

[Craygor]

According to this link he's wrongfully accused and the child in question is his sister's. She apparently came to him already injured before he got custody, and now he's taking the blame. No explanation for the knuckle sandwich text. Go Fund Me has already been taken down, apparently.

https://m.facebook.com/story/graphq...fSTEwMDAwNjY5NjgyOTIxMToyNTgzNjAxNDQ4NTM5NzI0


LOL @Sugar Cookie this one called you out by name
https://m.facebook.com/JusticeforJohn87/

Here's a pic of the two.

Sister you say?

During my search, I kept coming across a Christina Budlove, also of Port Richey, has ties to Calumet City, Illinois (as does John), and has a brother named John. This Christian Budlove is 5 years older than John and was arrested 10 times in Port Richey from 2009 to 2017 for numerous drug and prostitution charges (side note: her listed address is a drug treatment center).

Then, in October 2018 Christina Budlove dies, the baby would have been 2 months old. Below is Budlove's (both) Pasco Sheriff's arrest history, Christina's 6 Facebook pages (3 are pretty skanky), and some of Christina's obituary/memorial web pages.

Arrest Inquiry

arrests.pascosheriff.org

	Last Name	Full Name	DOB	Booking No	Booking Date	Booking Time	Age	Booking Status
View	BUDLOVE	BUDLOVE, JOHN MICHAEL (W/M)	09/13/1987​	233737​	12/10/2019​	19:14:00​	32	IN-CUSTODY
View	BUDLOVE	BUDLOVE, JOHN MICHAEL (W/M)	09/13/1987​	233618​	12/07/2019​	06:13:00​	32	RELEASED
View	BUDLOVE	BUDLOVE, CHRISTINA DIANE (W/F)	07/07/1982​	192502​	06/13/2017​	17:26:00​	34	RELEASED
View	BUDLOVE	BUDLOVE, CHRISTINA DIANE (W/F)	07/07/1982​	182763​	10/21/2016​	21:56:00​	34	RELEASED
View	BUDLOVE	BUDLOVE, CHRISTINA	07/07/1982​	156786​	02/05/2015​	19:33:28​	32	RELEASED
View	BUDLOVE	BUDLOVE, CHRISTINA	07/07/1982​	150841​	09/10/2014​	19:56:45​	32	RELEASED
View	BUDLOVE	BUDLOVE, CHRISTINA	07/07/1982​	138174​	11/01/2013​	21:19:12​	31	RELEASED
View	BUDLOVE	BUDLOVE, CHRISTINA	07/07/1982​	130499​	05/10/2013​	03:56:58​	30	RELEASED
View	BUDLOVE	BUDLOVE, CHRISTINA	07/07/1982​	113440​	04/24/2012​	02:15:41​	29	RELEASED
View	BUDLOVE	BUDLOVE, CHRISTINA	07/07/1982​	96353​	05/08/2011​	02:25:01​	28	RELEASED
View	BUDLOVE	BUDLOVE, CHRISTINA	07/07/1982​	83345​	08/01/2010​	02:15:07​	28	RELEASED
View	BUDLOVE	BUDLOVE, CHRISTINA	07/07/1982​	61589​	04/30/2009​	02:26:17​	26	RELEASED

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Christina Budlove

Christina Budlove is on Facebook. Join Facebook to connect with Christina Budlove and others you may know. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected.

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Memorial pages

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Christina Budlove - Obituary

View Christina Budlove's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

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Christina Budlove Obituary (1982 - 2018) | New Port Richey, Florida

Find the obituary of Christina Budlove (1982 - 2018) from New Port Richey, FL. Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page or send flowers to show you care.

www.everhere.com

So, is Christina Budlove John's sister and did she die a couple of months after giving birth to a little girl that John is now responsible for?

edit: The relationship now has more evidence. A person who commented on the "Justice for John" page, that @everjaded posted, says John is his "homie" is also a friend on at least one of Christina's FB pages.

 

[everjaded]

Here's a pic of the two.

Sister you say?

During my search, I kept coming across a Christina Budlove, also of Port Richey, has ties to Calumet City, Illinois (as does John), and has a brother named John. This Christian Budlove is 5 years older than John and was arrested 10 times in Port Richey from 2009 to 2017 for numerous drug and prostitution charges (side note: her listed address is a drug treatment center).

Then, in October 2018 Christina Budlove dies, the baby would have been 2 months old. Below is Budlove's (both) Pasco Sheriff's arrest history, Christina's 6 Facebook pages (3 are pretty skanky), and some of Christina's obituary/memorial web pages.

So, is Christina Budlove John's sister and did she die a couple of months after giving birth to a little girl that John is now responsible for?

From what I gather, yes. This is on that 'Justice for John' page I posted:

John and his wife opened their hearts and homes to his niece who had been in the foster care system for over a year after her mother passed away. She was born 3 months premature to a drug addicted mother. The drug use caused her mother to go into labor.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The saddest part is that when the defender was messaging me she never acknowledged or expressed any concern for the abused child.

When I called her out on that she said she was done.

Is it possible she abused the child prior to leaving the child alone with John.

 

[myra manes]

The saddest part is that when the defender was messaging me she never acknowledged or expressed any concern for the abused child.

When I called her out on that she said she was done.

Is it possible she abused the child prior to leaving the child alone with John.

Of course it's possible ..

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

It was nice of @Brittany Kern to link the demon on that facebook page. Free advertising.

 

[everjaded]

Kind of odd how there's no mention in her obituary of Christina having been a mother to anyone. Daughter, sister, niece, aunt, cousin and even friend, but not mother.

I can't think of why that might be, unless the child was taken from her custody immediately. Makes sense I guess, if the victim truly was born so premature and drug-addicted.

Poor kid, must have finally seemed like she was getting a crack at a stable, happy home, but now this.

@Sugar Cookie you have a scarily well-fitting theory here. The wife has no bio or sentimental attachment to the victim the way the husband does. AND there was a window of opportunity between the time the victim was put to bed (unbruised) and when the wife came home from work, vs. when he got up and checked on the victim a couple of hours later.

Still doesn't explain the knuckle sandwich text though.

 

[Brillig]

The saddest part is that when the defender was messaging me she never acknowledged or expressed any concern for the abused child.

I noticed that in her posts in other places as well. Zero comments about the child, unless they were to try and say she was defective and so hubby did nothing wrong. No updates on child's condition, anywhere, ever. That seems very suspicious to me.

If this really was the situation they claim (hubby didn't hurt baby, she was already sickly and any injuries she gave to herself), then wouldn't they be concerned about her? About her condition and prognosis? Yet not a word anywhere of concern or love or compassion for the baby.

Brittany is an uncaring twat, and just as much of a monster as her knuckle sandwich husband.

 

[Blizzard]

How dare you post someone's child on this slander site.

This.

It's only a slander site to people who've been evil and don't like seeing that fact in a google search. Or, possibly, the stupid who have no reading comprehension or do not give enough of a shit to actually look at this site's content before shitting rage out of their mouths.

All that a sensible person has to do in a thread like this is point out, hey oops, that's not a picture of the right kid. But instead, this one is all the rage, as though this web site is somehow the evil one, not the child abusers (whoever they may be in this case).

In real-world terms, this site supports the victims by taking their side and boldly showcasing the evil of their abusers. Doing this does seem to make a bit of rage in their attackers and the people who enabled the abuse.

A more sensible tone would have made a world of difference in my impression of this person. I can't help that this person's ragey-defensive verbal agression reminds me of the small number of perpetrators and the people who support perpetrators who have found their way here.

We're on the side of the innocent victims - we definitely 'dare' - in fact, we bold-fucking-dare. Anyone who doesn't like that, or cannot at least respect that aspect of the site users here, can go eat a dick.
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On her Facebook page dedicated to "Justice for John" (AKA the baby beater, the knuckle sandwich giver), her only references to the injured baby are that the baby came to them damaged. Zero references to how the baby is doing now.

The FB page does mention how the baby had lots of doctors appointments in the months leading up to the serious injuries that hospitalized her, but no doctor ever noticed that she had a brain bleed until she was hospitalized. Riiiiight.

Their description sounds like the baby was being fucked up over time, and was finally beaten so badly as to go critical when that hospital trip was done.

American prosecutors and judges do not usually buy into what looks like boatloads of bullshit. Especially considering the knuckle sandwich admission in a text message, we'll see what conclusion they come to. From what they wrote, it does sound like there was opportunity for one or both of them to have been fucking up the baby.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Name:	BUDLOVE, JOHN

Current Release Date:	06/20/2040

Current Prison Sentence History:​

Offense Date	Offense	Sentence Date	County	Case No.	Prison Sentence Length
12/05/2019	AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE	11/17/2025	PASCO	1907351	15Y 0M 0D

 

[runninfawn]

not long enough but better than some ......... that poor baby had so many strikes against her from being consived by a drug addict, being so prematured, her incubator dieing when she was 2 months old, she had been in the foster care system for over a year that means that they had her a few months top maybe 3 months grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr why why why did the budloves take her just to abuse her when someone that would have cherished her could have adopted her grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr obviously neither of them had the love, patience, caring it takes to take care of a traumatized child, and yes this baby would have been traumatized after being removed from the only family she knew and place with strangers and yes she also would have all kinds of other health problems being that much a premie and prob had drugs in her system at birth... those poor babies that have to go through drug withdrawals because their bios wouldn't when they first found out they were pregnant grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr but for someone to say "she was already injured" when they got her is he trying to say that only that day did those injuries showed up?? and yes their would be lots of dr's appointment for that baby as a 3 months premi of a parent free of drugs would have but that poor baby wasn't that lucky but what a little fighter ....... she had a chance at having a good life i hope that wasn't taken away from her as head injuries can cause permanent life changing results.......