New York Man Kills Boy Toddler "For Acting Like A Girl" [OPINION]
Post by NewsOne Staff in NewsOne Original on Aug 4, 2010 at 5:14 pm
By Marcus A. Scott
http://newsone.com/newsone-original/newsonestaff1/new-york-man-kills-toddler-for-acting-like-a-girl-opinion/A Southhampton, New York, man is being held without bail after beating his girlfriend's 17-month-old son to death on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation outside of the Riverside area in Long Island, NY. He is being charged with first-degree manslaughter.
Pedro Jones pleaded not guilty on Monday afternoon in Southampton Town Justice Court after he was accused of striking the toddler Sunday night while babysitting, according to the website for radio station
WCAX.com in Vermont.
The child went into cardiac arrest, police said. According to WABC in New York, Jones punched toddler Roy A. Jones to death, noting that he was "trying to make him act like a boy instead of a little girl." Police were alerted and called to the scene at Old Point Road East in Southampton around 8:25 p.m.
