“Man” Charged with Severe Child Abuse of 5-Year-Old

(Bridgeport, CT – Sept. 16, 2013) – A 22-year-old man faces first-degree assault and child endangerment charges for violently and repeatedly assaulting a 5-year-old relative.

Detective Dave De Feo secured the arrest warrant for Daquon Gomillion on four counts of first-degree assault and four-counts of risk of injury to a minor.

He was arrested Monday after arriving for a civil hearing relating to the custody of the victim. De Feo began the investigation on July 18 after DCF reported a child with extensive scarring over much of his body and other injuries. De Feo, who has training in investigating child abuse and neglect and worked for 10 years in the department’s Youth Bureau, said the injuries were consistent with being struck with an extension cord.

He described the injuries as “the worst that I’ve ever seen” in a child abuse case.

As the request of DCF, the child, who had been removed from the home, was examined by a pediatrician at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital. The doctor detailed the boy’s extensive injuries.

“The number of scars is too numerous to count, and the number exceeds the number that I have ever seen on any other child,” the doctor stated in an affidavit provided to police.

Gomillion’s bond was set at $250,000.

 

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Massive fire hits Bridgeport

Video Report–#Bridgeport CT–Right around 2am firefighters received a call for a fire at 340 Putnam Street.  Police on patrol reported heavy smoke on East Main Street.  Firefighters arrived finding the fire on Brooks Street in the rear of the structure.  The fire quickly consumed the six family home before spreading with the aid of a northerly breeze to fuel the fire.  Within ten minutes the first evacuation tone for firefighters to evacuate the house of the first fire was called.  By now the fire had spread to the adjoining house.  Once again the evacuation tone sounded for firefighters to evacuate the second home.  United Illuminating was urgently called to the scene because primary electrical lines had fallen onto ladder six.  It was almost an hour before the firetruck was freed and could rejoin in the attack of the fire.  By now a third house had been the victim  to the heat by the  nearby flames.

Everyone in all the buildings were able to get out of the homes because of working smoke detectors.  The Bridgeport Fire Department actively works on smoke detector awareness throughout the city during the day and it appears their hard work has paid off once again.

From what we have been able to gather from initial radio report was that one tenant was taken to the hospital for second degree burns.  Four people were transported to the hospital for smoke inhalation.

Initial reports to the Red Cross said that 75-100 people may have been displaced because of this fire.

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