Charges were filed Monday, Sept. 30 against Lamont Powell, 30, of Milwaukee, after prosecutors say he admitted burning a 2-year-old boy with a lighter because he was “mad” at the boy’s mother.
According to a criminal complaint, on Sept. 23, a 2-year-old child was taken to the emergency room at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin by his biological father, suffering from burns throughout his body, including to his cheek, armpit, chest, and stomach. The father indicated his son had been staying with a friend of the child’s mother.
Investigators spoke with Powell, who shares a child with the mother of the 2-year-old in this case. He said they were staying together at a home. According to prosecutors, after initially providing an “accidental explanation” for the child’s burns, Powell admitted to causing the burns.
Powell said on Sept. 21, he was alone at the home with two children, including the 2-year-old. He said he was “mad” at the 2-year-old’s mother for not answering her phone, and he burned the child with a lighter multiple times, telling investigators, “That little (expletive) like fire.” The complaint said he indicated he was “sorry” for not taking the child to the hospital that night. A detective told Powell that what he did was torture, and he replied, “Yep,” according to the complaint. He said when the child’s mother came home, they put Vaseline on his burns.
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