An Independence man is now facing charges after allegedly endangering his girlfriend’s two children.
Charles Green, 43, has been charged two counts of child endangerment in Jackson County after a 2-year-old tested positive for meth in her system and foreign metallic objects were found in the children’s feet.
According to court documents, Green is the boyfriend of
25-year-old Azzie Watson, who is charged with three counts of child abuse and one count of child endangerment. Green and Watson lived together with Watson’s two children.
Green said the metal objects in the children’s feet likely came from walking barefoot at his shop. The 43-year-old also told police he and Watson frequently used meth around the children.
Green told officers the 2-year-old and 1-year-old had been sexually assaulted at a Kansas City home and he had a recording of Watson admitting she witnessed her daughter being raped. The two children were taken into protective custody and placed in a foster home.
Police interviewed one of the foster parents who took in Watson’s two children. The foster parent said when changing the 2-year-old’s diaper, the little girl said, “Daddy hurt me,” “Daddy stop being mean to me,” “Daddy it hurts,” court documents say.
According to court documents, Green and Watson both told police the children called him “daddy” and that Green changed the children’s diapers at times.