FREDERICK, Md. - A man sexually abused a 1-year-old boy so severely that the boy needed surgery, according to court records.
Ryan E. Sheppard, 19, of Frederick was being held without bail Tuesday on allegations including first-degree sex offense and first-degree assault, authorities said. First-degree sex offense carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.
Frederick County prosecutors say the child underwent a colostomy June 22 at the National Children's Medical Center in Washington because of a torn colon. A colostomy is a small opening in the abdomen that allows waste to be passed into a bag worn by a patient. The procedure is usually reversible, according to the National Institutes of Health.
State's Attorney Charlie Smith said the case was deeply disturbing, even for those accustomed to the horrors of child abuse.
"I was chief of that division for years and have seen a lot of horrible abuse to children. But I just couldn't shake this one, especially the sorrow I feel for those parents," Smith wrote in an email to The Associated Press.
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11 comments:
Oh, good Lord! I just cannot believe this. If the perpetrator goes to jail, he better watch his rear end!
Wonder why he was in his care in the first place? This is so sick it turns my stomach.
this is just so sick and demented on so many levels it is unbelievable this is just out and out animal violence
the gene pool should be purged of life with a potential for this sort of behavior
abortion is good for one thing at least we get rid of some of the mutants conceived on crack and by alcoholics this one must have grown up on welfare
Give him to science.
That really is the question, how did the poor child get in his care. terribly disturbing, I truly wish these people with such urges would take their own lives.
Give me 5 minutes with that MF'er!!! He is not going to like jail.
Let me be judge and jury for this POS !!! Not sure which is better for him, a bullet in the head, or years in prison, being made to feel what that little 1 year old boy felt.
oh here we go with all the wanna be heros. if you people actually felt that way why don't you do it to all the freaks already walking the streets?
12:43, it's called outrage. Its a human trait, one of which apparently you don't possess. Ok, lets just have people go around and start "taking out" people that they deem freaks. Maybe you could give a listing of all these freaks, a photo for identification would also be helpful.
For all those outraged about this behaviour I suggest researching NAMBLA--one of the most perverse and immoral organisatons/ideologies out there. And after you vomit, read about Kevin Jennings, friend of Obama and until recently his "safe schools Czar".
6:59 AM
Yes sir. Everyone is outraged when they read this. But blowing hot air about something no one has any intention of following through on is called what?
I guess the point of taking out freaks already on the streets went over your head as well.
No one would do that just as no one would do what they are spewing.
My comment stands.
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