Man Throws His Children, Ages 1 And 4, Over Fence While Fleeing Police

[Sugar Cookie]

Police say a suburban Atlanta man threw his young children over a barbed wire fence while fleeing officers.

Deandrea Leonard is 34 years old and a dad. Court documents show he was pushing his children in a stroller down South Cobb Drive in Cobb County when police tried to stop him. According to the warrant, Leonard took off running with the stroller. After a short sprint, he stopped, grabbed his 1-year-old son and his 4-year-old daughter and tossed them over a fence. The metal fence is 7 feet tall with rows of barbed wire across the top.

Police say Leonard kept running, leaving his children behind. The warrant states he was given multiple commands to stop and get on the ground, but he kept going. Police were able to capture him about a quarter of a mile away.

Meanwhile, the children were trapped behind the locked fence until police could get them out. Their father is now locked behind bars in the Cobb County jail. He is charged with two counts of cruelty to child, giving a false name, obstruction of law enforcement and a pedestrian on highway.

"I feel sorry for the children and feel sorry for the guy. What is going on with him that he would do that to his own children?" said Cindy Crocker who lives nearby.

Police: Georgia man throws children over fence while fleeing

Police say a suburban Atlanta man threw his young children over a barbed wire fence while fleeing officers.

www.fox5atlanta.com

 

[Sejanus]

Rehome the kids.
Guy is scum.

 

[Francyne32]

Those poor babies. Hopefully the mom is better but sadly and realistically that won’t be the case. Anyone who allows their babies around a man like this can’t be too upstanding. Only hope is taking them away from both now and pray they have a Mommom or pop in their life who can raise them with love and show them what it means to feel safe.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Wonder why he was so jumpy and ran from the cops?

It is a miracle that neither of those children were seriously injured by the barbed wire.

Did he just leave the stroller?

mom will probably be more pissed about the stroller than her baby daddy thinking those babies could fly.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

he stopped, grabbed his 1-year-old son and his 4-year-old daughter and tossed them over a fence. The metal fence is 7 feet tall with rows of barbed wire across the top.

Police say Leonard kept running, leaving his children behind

Why not just leave the kids in the stroller.