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A man has been charged with murder after allegedly beating and killing a toddler at a metro Grand Rapids motel.

Rickey Whiteside, 29, was arraigned Wednesday afternoon on a charge of felony murder. He already faced a charge of first-degree child abuse in the case.

He was arrested after deputies found his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter unresponsive on the night of April 29 at the Lazy T Motel on Plainfield Avenue NE north of Grand Rapids. Authorities were called to the motel after dispatchers received a call from a woman trying to check the toddler’s breathing.

Court documents identified the child as Londyn Florine Marie Amir. According to the probable cause documents, authorities said Whiteside confessed to “losing it,” punching the child in the face and knocking her to the ground when he was alone with her. The child’s mother was at the store at the time of the alleged incident.

Responding deputies attempted to revive the child until additional medical support arrived and took over. Londyn was in critical condition when she was taken to Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, where she died days later.

Authorities have said the toddler’s injuries are consistent with an assault, and a doctor confirmed she had “traumatic injuries consistent with abuse for an undetermined amount of time.”

Whiteside’s bond is set for $1 million because of prior convictions for domestic abuse, drug use and trespassing.
http://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/man-to-be-charged-with-murder-in-death-of-toddler/1169627484
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He is going to need that extra wide field of vision in the pen. He'll probably last a day or two in gen pop before someone tries to knock those eyes straight. Then off to PC he will go. 23 hour a day lock down, no interaction with anyone except the CO's who hand him his food, for 25 years or so. This guys existence will be hell on earth.
 
A woman whose 2-year-old was fatally beaten by her ex-boyfriend lashed out at him before he was sentenced.

“He killed my baby while I was at the store,” said Shaniqua Strickland said. "My beautiful baby did not deserve that.

She said that, as far as she’s concerned, Rickey Len Whiteside can “burn in ____.”

Strickland’s loud and emotional comments came moments before a courtroom disturbance when the judge announced a mandatory life sentence for Whiteside, 30. The courtroom was nearly filled Wednesday, July 17 for the hearing.

At that time, several supporters of Whiteside yelled out, one saying loudly “He didn’t do this.”

Kent County sheriff’s deputies quickly escorted several people out of the courtroom.

Whiteside was found guilty in June of felony murder and first-degree child abuse in the death of 2-year-old Londyn Amir.

Police said Whiteside was watching the girl April 29, 2018 in a room at the Lazy T motel on Plainfield Avenue NE while Strickland went to a store. The family was staying at the motel.

Prosecutors later said the girl’s injuries included bruises from “head to toe" and that Strickland admitted to detectives that he “blanked out” and admitted punching, pushing, choking and snapping the girl.

During Wednesday’s hearing, Strickland let her pain show.

“Rickey ruined my whole life,” she said. “He took my baby, my everything from me.

"What can a 2-year-old do to a grown man that he would want to take her life.”
 
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Rickey is now enjoying the fine accommodations at the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility near Jackson, Michigan.
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MDOC Number: 583613
SID Number: 2535918M
Name: RICKEY LEN WHITESIDE JR.
Racial Identification: Black
Gender: Male
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 190 lbs.
Date of Birth: 07/04/1988 (31)
Image Date: 7/23/2019

Current Status: Prisoner
Earliest Release Date: LIFE
Assigned Location:
G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility
Maximum Discharge Date: LIFE
Security Level: II

PRISON SENTENCES
ACTIVE

Sentence 1
Offense: Child Abuse, 1st Degree
Minimum Sentence: 20 years 0 months 0 days
MCL#: 750.136B2
Maximum Sentence: 30 years 0 months
Court File#: 1805223-FC
Date of Offense: 04/29/2018
County: Kent
Date of Sentence: 07/17/2019
Conviction Type: Jury

Sentence 2
Offense: Homicide - Felony Murder
Minimum Sentence: LIFE
MCL#: 750.316B
Maximum Sentence: LIFE
Court File#: 1805223-FC
Date of Offense: 04/29/2018
County: Kent
Date of Sentence: 07/17/2019
Conviction Type: Jury
When I ran the baby-beater's name through Michigan's prison system I got a 2-fer!

It appears the apple doesn't fall from the tree. Old pop-pop Rickey Whiteside Sr is currently "wanted" for being an "Absconder from Parole".

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MDOC Number: 510341
SID Number: 1520321K
Name: RICKEY LEN WHITESIDE
Racial Identification: Black
Gender: Male
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 137 lbs.
Date of Birth: 09/02/1966 (53)
RICKEY LEN WHITESIDE
Image Date: 2/13/2018

Current Status: Absconder from Parole
Supervision Begin Date:
Absconded From:
Kent/Grand Rapids/Parole/REP
Supervision Discharge Date:

Security Level:

Abscond Date: 02/04/2020

PRISON SENTENCES
ACTIVE

Sentence 1
Offense: Operating Intoxicated/Impaired/Controlled Substance - 3rd
Minimum Sentence: 1 year 6 months 0 days
MCL#: 257.6256D
Maximum Sentence: 5 years 0 months
Court File#: 1710128-FH
Date of Offense: 10/18/2017
County: Kent
Date of Sentence:02/01/2018
Conviction Type: Plea
Well, I can see where Rickey Jr. got his brains.
 
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