Sentenced: "5MO Is Forever Gonna Have Issues, We Will Give Her All Our Love & Support We Can"

[Sugar Cookie]

Apr 16, 2018

After 45 minutes of deliberations Monday, a Cerro Gordo County jury found a Mason City man guilty of causing serious injury to his then five-month-old daughter.

Jeremy Rose, 28, looked down and rubbed his eyes right after the verdict was read. Family members of Alyss Michel, the baby's now 26-year-old mother and Jeremy's girlfriend at the time of the incident, sighed in relief and embraced each other.

Jeff Michel, Alyss Michel's father, wasn't surprised that jurors, seven men and seven women, found Rose guilty.

"We believe justice has been served," said Michel, 49. "We had no doubt from the very beginning that he perpetrated this and caused the injuries to (my granddaughter). For our family, it's been a long road. (She) is forever gonna have issues, and we will give her all our love and support we can."

Prosecutor Andrew Olson began his closing argument Monday detailing the timeline from when the baby was born to when she was hospitalized on June 22, 2017.

He mentioned the last text her mother, Alyss Michel, sent to Rose on June 22 at 9:15 a.m. — which detailed how she wanted to end the relationship.

Olson said Rose should be held responsible for the injuries his five-month-old girl daughter, especially as he allegedly neglected to care for her while she struggled to breathe.

“He never calls 911,” Olson told jurors. “He has a child who has trouble breathing for over 20 minutes now … The first call should have been to 911; he didn’t want to get in trouble.”

The call refers to the fact Rose first called his mother, Roxanne Rose, when he realized something was wrong with his daughter.

Turner, one of Rose's public defenders, said in her closing statement that she did not disagree that the baby sustained serious injuries.

He argued, however, that Olson and Tynan had not proved Rose had caused the injuries.

“I cannot tell you how (the baby) might have been hurt,” Turner said. “His only conclusion was that she was abused, but how?”

Olson pointed to pictures of bruising and testimony from Dr. Donald Derauf, who testified that the injuries the infant sustained were signs of child abuse.

“You have very serious injuries with (the infant),” Olson said. “When you shake a baby, when you hit a baby, you’re creating significant risk … she lost part of her brain, how do you have more mental harm than that?”

http://globegazette.com/news/local/...cle_e05495db-6999-54dc-9cba-9669130ebb72.html

 

[Jellybean1711]

He loved his daughters. Putting your lighted cigarette on a five month old's soft skin is a just a sign of love, isn't it?

 

[Big_Stan]

You know I recently said never judge a book by its cover but with a mugshot like that just kick him to death. No doesn't give a shit about what he has done.

 

[myra manes]

http://globegazette.com/news/local/...cle_e05495db-6999-54dc-9cba-9669130ebb72.html

Evil looking bastard ..

 

[Sejanus]

Beat some brain damage into him.

 

[LFODBiker]

10 years ≠ Life long debilitating injury.

I guess one can hope that 50% or more of his future paychecks will go to her (without visitation) as a condition of his parole.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Family members from both sides filled the small Cerro Gordo County courtroom Monday, as a Mason City man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for seriously injuring his then 5-month-old daughter last year.

A jury in April convicted Jeremy Rose, 28, of felony child endangerment resulting in serious injury. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison by Judge Rustin T. Davenport.

Child endangerment resulting in serious injury is a forcible felony with a mandatory maximum 10-year sentence.

Rose spoke briefly just before he was sentenced.
“I want the court to know how sorry I am that this incident occurred,” Rose said.

Alyss Michel, the baby's 26-year-old mother and Jeremy's girlfriend at the time of the incident, gave a victim impact statement.

“My daughter is going to be affected by his behavior for the rest of her life,” Michel said. “June 22, 2017 is the night I will never forget no matter how hard I try.

"My daughter was left with someone who I thought would protect and defend her, yet he did the complete opposite and turned her life upside down.

Since the incident, the baby has had "countless" surgeries and has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy, according to Michel. She also had a stroke and seizures.

“She cannot walk, she cannot crawl. She is just beginning to sit up, and she’s just starting to talk,” Michel said. “At 17 months, she should be doing everything that I just stated but she is delayed.”

Rose showed no reaction and never made eye contact with Michel though her statement.

https://globegazette.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/mom-asks-how-can-someone-be-so-heartless-as-mason/article_63372b80-252c-536a-94f9-c2d5a7a7bc84.html

He was paroled in 2022.