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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Milford Man Charged With Child Abuse


Location: Residence along Colonial Lane, Milford, Delaware, Kent County

Date of Occurrence: March 2009 – December 2009

Suspect(s): Darnell D. Waples, 26, of Colonial Lane in Milford, Delaware

Resume: On Tuesday, February 16th, detectives from Troop 3 in Woodside made an arrest in a child abuse investigation which was initiated on December 11th.

This investigation revealed a then 20-month-old boy was taken to Milford Memorial Hospital on December 10th for broken leg. Based on the nature of this injury, on the following day, the child was transferred to A.I. DuPont Hospital where further examinations were completed. It was determined the little boy had, within the past several months, suffered fractured ribs as well as other injuries.

It was determined that child sustained his injuries while in the care of his mother’s boyfriend- Darnell D. Waples.

Waples surrendered to detectives yesterday and was formally charged with Assault by Abuse or Neglect (felony) and Endangering the Welfare of a Child (felony). Mr. Waples was committed to the James Vaughn Correctional Institute in lieu of a $27,000.00 cash bail and ordered to have no contact with anyone under the age of 18.

The Division of Family Services was notified of this investigation.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sick SOB !! How can anyone do that to a helpless child ! It blows my mind !

Anonymous said...

Why did it come this far?? These children need help. Please Social Services, take these children away

Anonymous said...

sob hope he goes to jail and they use a bat

Anonymous said...

People are pulling stuff like this and all the comments are on the porn Cowboyz Story....

Shows where we are huh?

I hope they cut his *&$# off.

Anonymous said...

I keep seeing these comments that these guys are sick. Listen to me , they are not sick , they are bad-bad. If they were sick they would need medication and a doctor.
Fix em with a 150 grain between the eyes. What a cult#*%!

Anonymous said...

how about know the story before you leave comments!! A person has to be proven guilty