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« Carcieri vetoes bill easing drug sentences | Today | All-State high school athletes on deck » July 5, 2007Man charged with biting child held without bail / Photo
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- A New Bedford man accused of biting off the lip and ear of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter was ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty at his arraignment today. Police said the attack by Bryan James, 34, left the girl so mutilated doctors could not fully repair the damage. James, 34, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in New Bedford District Court to a charge of assault and battery upon a child causing substantial bodily injuries. The child's mother, Jessica Silveria, 26, of New Bedford, pleaded not guilty today to permitting substantial injuries to a child under 14 and intimidation of a witness. She was also ordered held without bail. -- The Associated Press
A dangerousness hearing for the two suspects in scheduled for Wednesday, said Lisa Rowell, a spokeswoman for Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter's office. Sutter will handle the case himself "because of the egregious facts of the case," said Gregg Miliote, the office's director of communications. The girl suffered bites to the face in which she lost the upper part of her lip. Her ear was so mutilated that surgery could not return it to its natural state. The child also suffered other human bites on her body, said New Bedford police Capt. Richard Spirlet. Police think the biting attacks began in January, and continued until April. New Bedford police began investigating in mid-May after the girl was taken to Children's Hospital in Boston. The girl and her older brother have been taken into state custody. Posted by Jack Perry CommentsDorothy | July 5, 2007 3:38 PM link I think that anyone that abuse's a child should rot in jail. Children are innocent and should not suffer. Diana | July 5, 2007 9:16 PM link It doesn't say why he would do such a thing to a child, or anyone for that matter. Lee Bartlett | July 5, 2007 11:20 PM link If the kids were given state custody im May, why didn't the state physically get them. Government red tape. Those babies should have been taken as soon as they had the order. They look harder for people who fail to pay a traffic fine than they do for people whose kids have been leagaly removed but they can't seem to find them to be physically removed. In my position I see so many kids that are abused or neglected never get the help they need. Child services spend a lot of time chasing down and harassing parents that have done nothing and have been reported for vendetas. This system needs to change dbenedict | July 6, 2007 5:49 AM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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You are innocent until proven guilty, but if it turns out that James did do the abuse and the mother was aware of it, they both should get the maximum sentence available.