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Three people are charged with the abuse and neglect of three young children who are now in the care of DHS custody. The investigation began after a 12-month-old child was found to have extensive bruising around its face.

John and Tami Rohlin are charged with child neglect and failure to report child abuse. James "Bear" Pomerantz is charged with child abuse.

Police and DHS went to the Rohlin's home on a welfare check, and once inside discovered the baby's bruises.

All three kids were taken to a doctor to be examined. According to court documents, that's when they discovered the parents had cancelled or failed to show up to one necessary doctor's appointment after another for all three kids. One of the kids wasn't being treated for vision and heart complications from a genetic condition.

When doctors examined the baby, they also found a "skull fracture, rib fracture, and possible leg fracture," injuries police said healed untreated.

Investigators said they believe the injuries came from Pomerantz who was staying with the Rohlin family, and frequently watched the children. According to the affidavit, Pomerantz told a DHS worker "he does 'toss' the victim onto the couch but does not throw him."

A massive burn on the baby's back was believed to be caused when Pomerantz "changed the bath water from cold to hot," the other children telling investigators "that is what caused the victim to cry really bad when he was in the bathtub and burned him."

"The mother tried to tell DHS and the patrol officer that was there that it was a birthmark," Brewer said, "but DHS obtained medical records that proved that wasn’t the case."

The affidavit states the extensive bruising on the face was allegedly from when "Pomerantz plays 'chubby cheeks' with the victim which is a game he plays with them when he pinches their cheeks." Pomerantz allegedly told DPS that he does play that game with the baby, "and has noticed that he was flinching the other night and he was concerned and asked the child's mom about it."

All of the injuries the parents denied knowledge of, but police said they could not and should not have been missed.

Police are searching for Pomerantz, but because he's been known to be a squatter in several locations, have not been able to locate him.
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Any new updates on this one?

Did you look? Like result #2 or 3 on the first page of a google search....


NEWKIRK — John Lee Rohlin, 50, and Tami Ann Rohlin, 41, both formerly of Blackwell, now of Wichita, Kan. both entered no contest pleas in Kay County District Court to a felony count of child neglect and a misdemeanor count of failure to report child abuse.

Sentencing for John is deferred for three years and he was ordered to complete anger management classes and complete 40 hours of community service.

Sentencing for Tami is deferred for three years and she was ordered to complete Breaking the Cycle Class and complete 40 hours of community service.

Pomerantz was booked in the county jail on a charge of child abuse by injury. In May of 2019 he was released on an own recognizance bond and then failed to appear for a court date.

On Feb. 28, 2020 he was booked in on the warrant but then released on an own recognizance bond. He then failed to appear for a plea docket and a warrant with bond endorsed at $100,000 remains issued. Anyone with information on Pomerantz’s location is urged to call law enforcement.


Prosecutor deemed misdemeanor abuse was good enough with zero actual punishment required.


The other abuser was given bond, didnt show up for a court date, then given bondd again and yet again didnt show up for court. The justice system clearly just doesnt care about this guy. As of Feb, he was still in the wind. I spent 5 or so min searching around the google for this Pomerantz guy and found no further update. He very well might have escaped "justice" on this one, not that it matters cuz clearly the prosecutor doesnt really give much of a shit about what happened to this kid.
 
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Did you look? Like result #2 or 3 on the first page of a google search....


NEWKIRK — John Lee Rohlin, 50, and Tami Ann Rohlin, 41, both formerly of Blackwell, now of Wichita, Kan. both entered no contest pleas in Kay County District Court to a felony count of child neglect and a misdemeanor count of failure to report child abuse.

Sentencing for John is deferred for three years and he was ordered to complete anger management classes and complete 40 hours of community service.

Sentencing for Tami is deferred for three years and she was ordered to complete Breaking the Cycle Class and complete 40 hours of community service.

Pomerantz was booked in the county jail on a charge of child abuse by injury. In May of 2019 he was released on an own recognizance bond and then failed to appear for a court date.

On Feb. 28, 2020 he was booked in on the warrant but then released on an own recognizance bond. He then failed to appear for a plea docket and a warrant with bond endorsed at $100,000 remains issued. Anyone with information on Pomerantz’s location is urged to call law enforcement.


Prosecutor deemed misdemeanor abuse was good enough with zero actual punishment required.


The other abuser was given bond, didnt show up for a court date, then given bondd again and yet again didnt show up for court. The justice system clearly just doesnt care about this guy. As of Feb, he was still in the wind. I spent 5 or so min searching around the google for this Pomerantz guy and found no further update. He very well might have escaped "justice" on this one, not that it matters cuz clearly the prosecutor doesnt really give much of a shit about what happened to this kid.
Thank you for getting that update. It sucks that he's able to stay hidden this long.
 

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