Gwinnett couple arrested after 8-month-old found with broken bones, neck scar

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Jazmine Hinson, 21, and her boyfriend, Marvin Adkinson, were charged after it was discovered that the infant had broken bones, bruises, ligature marks on her neck and had been scalded with hot water, Channel 2 Action News reported.

The infant is now safe and in the care of Adkinson’s mother, Rhonda Bennett, Channel 2 reported. She said she was alarmed when she first met her granddaughter about a month ago.

“I started looking at her body, and there was just all types of wounds,” Bennett said.

She’s the person who called police, leading to the two being arrested about three weeks ago. Hinson, who faces a first-degree child cruelty charge, was denied bond in court Wednesday, the news station reported. Adkinson, who faces charges of battery and obstructing a 911 call, waived his preliminary bond hearing.

“(Hinson) did, in fact, admit to hitting the child several times ... and leaving the baby in a closet while she and her co-defendant would go out to eat,” prosecutor Samantha Route said in court.

Bennett said she believes her son wasn’t responsible for the injuries and mostly blames Hinson, but she said he had to know about the abuse. She’s now trying to get full custody of her granddaughter.

Couple arrested after 8-month-old found with broken bones, neck scar

An 8-month-old girl is recovering after police said her parents starved her and left her in a closet while they were out to dinner in Gwinnett County.

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[Brillig]

They are mean, abusive assholes. Also, they both have idiotic hair.

 

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The grandmother should not have the child either.

Just the fact that she said she believes her son is not responsible lets me know she will allow him to have access to the child.

Just by him being in the home and going out to eat while the child is in the closet makes him responsible.

 

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A grandmother’s battle to protect her 8-month-old granddaughter has landed her son and his girlfriend in jail – and she believes that’s where they belong.

“This child has been abused and I’m going to report it,” said Rhonda Bennett, recalling the moment she met her granddaughter, Yani, for the first time. “I said, 'Oh my God she’s been hit in the face.' I started looking at her stomach … the bruises looked indicative to like maybe a belt wound.”

That was the same day Bennett's son, Marvin Adkinson, called her for help after a domestic dispute with his girlfriend, Jazmine Hinson. Adkinson was arrested for domestic violence against the girlfriend. Bennett and her husband took in Yani for the night and, convinced the child had been abused, went straight to the doctor.

They discovered Yani had a skull fracture and old bruises and signs of broken bones that were never treated. There were also unexplained marks around the child’s groin area and she was severely underweight. Bennett said that she made calls for weeks to get the child help – she called the Division of Family and Children Services, police and any one else that could help.

She said investigators built a case but Hinson showed up at Bennett’s home with police officers to get her daughter back. Even then, the grandma said she couldn’t back down from protecting the baby.

“This is my granddaughter and she has been almost murdered and she is not leaving here tonight,” Bennett recalled telling officers. She demanded that the police call their supervisors about the background on the case. That night, Yani stayed with her grandmother.

Hinson and Bennett’s son were arrested.

Bennett doesn't believe that her son harmed baby Yani, but she holds him responsible for missing the warning signs.

“Had I not reported any of it, she would have been able to come pick the child up (that day) and the baby would be dead today,” Bennett said. “She would be dead.”

Grandma Justice: A woman's love for her granddaughter lands her son and his girlfriend in jail

The grandmother said she couldn’t stand by and watch baby Yani get abused any longer.

www.wtsp.com

I appreciate that the grandmother made sure her grandchild was protected.

That being said she needs to realize her son saw the signs and chose to look the other way until he went to jail for fighting with this woman.

 

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Omg she's so adorable.

 

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Marvin Adkinson, already accepted a plea deal -- a sentence of life in prison, but to serve five years.

Hinson refused a plea deal but has been offered another due to Covid

Mother accused of abusing 8-month-old baby may be released from jail soon

The young baby had fractures to her skull, a broken left leg, injuries to her neck, obvious signs of injuries to her face, and various types of wounds.

www.11alive.com

 

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