Posted on 02/04/2008 6:26:59 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
First he was charged with driving drunk with his 8-month-old daughter in the vehicle. Now, less than a week later, he's been charged with leaving the infant home alone.
Michael L. Van Boening, 23, 335 S. Plum St., has been charged with intentional child abuse for leaving his 8-month-old daughter home alone while his girlfriend was at work, said Capt. Robert Falldorf of the Grand Island Police Department.
Van Boening's girlfriend returned home around 2 a.m. Saturday to find the infant unattended. She called police, and Van Boening arrived shortly after officers got to the residence, Falldorf said.
Van Boening told officers he had been outside, but the woman said he wasn't around when she got home, Falldorf said.
Hall County Judge Philip Martin released on Van Boening on his own recognizance on Sunday and ordered him not to have any contact with the victim. He is scheduled to appear in court at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 6.
This is Van Boening's second arrest in a week for child abuse involving the same child. On Jan. 20, he was stopped shortly after midnight for running a stop sign and driving left of center in the area of Bismark Road and Oak Street. After coming to a stop, he turned the vehicle off and got out to speak to the officer, Falldorf said.
According to court documents, the officers smelled alcohol on Van Boening's breath. His speech was slurred. He was disoriented, had bloodshot eyes and performed poorly on his field sobriety tests.
The officer also noted a bottle of black-cherry-flavored vodka in the vehicle, according to court documents.
Several minutes passed before Van Boening mentioned that the 8-month-old girl was in a car seat in the back of the vehicle, Falldorf said.
The baby wasn't injured in the incidents despite the 8-degree temperature, he said.
Van Boening was charged with driving under the influence and felony child abuse for that incident. He was released on his own recognizance and is scheduled to return to court at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The baby was released to Van Boening's girlfriend after the first incident, Falldorf said.
?!!!
But it would have been better had she tossed him out the first time he put the child at risk.
Too many women cover for irresponsible boyfriends and try to deal with it themselves.
C’mon..it’s only a fetus who happened to be born (they are going after them too)
He’s an adult with inalienable rights and that includes the right to go out and drink.
Where was his wife?
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