Posted on 12/10/2007 7:16:16 AM PST by Born Conservative
A Hazleton man was arraigned Sunday night on charges related to the apparent beating death of a 2-year-old boy.
Hazleton police arrested 20-year-old Alexander Garcia, charging him with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of children.
He was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Joseph Zola and committed to Luzerne County Correctional Facility on $2 million cash bail.
According to an affidavit of probable cause, Hazleton Cpl. Gerald Tray and Patrolman Shawn Conti were dispatched to Hazleton General Hospital on Sunday at 12:29 a.m. for a death investigation.
Hospital staff took them to the emergency room, where 2-year-old Emanuel Gonzalez was lying motionless on a hospital bed. The boy was bruised on all over his body, the affidavit states.
Gonzalez was pronounced dead on arrival.
Ambulance personnel told police they were dispatched to the 800 block of Diamond Avenue for a report of a fall victim and found Gonzalez covered in vomit and unresponsive.
Lillian Torres, the boy’s mother, told police she, Gonzalez and Garcia moved to Hazleton two months ago. Since moving to town, Torres said Garcia, her boyfriend, became angry and started spanking her son, the affidavit says.
Garcia, Torres said, had been hitting the child for days, according to police.
Garcia allegedly admitted to hitting Gonzalez on the face Wednesday, dropping the boy in the bathtub Thursday, and spanking the child Friday. Garcia told police he noticed the boy appeared sick earlier on Saturday but was afraid to take him to the hospital, they said.
Garcia’s preliminary hearing was scheduled for Dec. 19 at 10 a.m. in Luzerne County Central Court.
“Garcia, Torres said, had been hitting the child for days, according to police.”
Mom is a worthless she-dog if she knew this and did not stop it!
....Hazleton Detective Christopher Orozco had to translate during the proceeding. Garcia said he was born in the Dominican Republic and was in the United States legally. Zola asked him to produce his green card but Garcia could not, saying they were with his attorney in Rochester, N.Y. When asked why they were with an attorney...
Keep reading, it gets worse.
Prayers for Emanuel.
Paging Rudy McRombee...
This gent is a “Dominicanyork”, one of many that have moved to PA from NY (along with the Ricans) due to the rapid increase in rents in NYC. It appears as though he is here legally as well.
These are worthless illegals. The shame is that if they’d stayed in Mexico nothing would have been done about the beatings.
Police break up $31 million Hazleton cocaine ring (Hazleton, PA)
Here legally? That’s debateable: http://www.standardspeaker.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6397&Itemid=2
Maybe, maybe not. But if the alleged perp was dealing drugs and did have a green card, his green card should've been yanked and his butt deported.
Ahh - how about murder!
Bless this little innocent angel, Father...hold him close in Your Loving arms
Amen.
Thanks for the links.
If he IS here illegally, we can thank the Federal Court for striking down Mayor Barletta’s ordinance that required landlords to verify immigration status when renting out housing.
Correct, probably doesn't know who the real father is.
Not to mention the other jurisdictions if this guy slipped through the cracks...
Sure I believe he bought some good forged papers with his drug money
Both mother and boyfriend need to do some serious jail time,,,,why did the mother let this go on for so long? NO ONE touches my kids, NO ONE.
BC Hazleton is the new “Bronx”
Ping
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