(Source: Westmoreland County Prison)
GREENSBURG (KDKA) — A Westmoreland County man will stand trial for allegedly starving and physically abusing his young son.
Timothy McAtee, 25, didn’t speak as he left his preliminary hearing, but previously told investigators he had an anger problem and would squeeze his 8-month-old son Michael when he was angry and carry the baby around by his legs.
The baby had been living in an apartment on Main Street in Youngstown with his father and mother when he was taken to Children’s Hospital last month with two broken ribs and a broken leg.
The assistant district attorney handling the case says a doctor from Children’s Hospital is prepared to testify to those injuries as well as the fact the child had been starved – weighing just 15 pounds – at both his four and eight month check-ups.
McAtee admitted to detectives that he had been cutting the child’s formula in half for weeks because it was expensive and the child went through it too quickly
The child’s mother has not been charged in the case.
McAtee is facing aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children and related charges.
He’s being held in the Westmoreland County Jail unable to post $50,000 straight cash bond.
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7 Comments
Charge the mother too!
February 7, 2011 at 5:00 pm
He’s in for a fun time when finally imprisoned. The abuser will become the abused. And what about the mother? She is culpable. as well.
February 7, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Big frank said it perfect!
February 7, 2011 at 5:47 pm
Yes she is culpable. Like she didn’t see what was going on. Maybe she was too busy working 10 hour days to see that her kid only weighed 15 lbs.
As what happens oh so often in these cases, the poor, poor innocent women had nothing to do with it. After all, she’s the mother.
Luckily, she he will become the abused child when Bubba gets a hold of him in jail. I just wish she suffered the same fate.
February 7, 2011 at 7:05 pm
dead man walkin. i see hell in his future
February 7, 2011 at 7:32 pm
I hope that guy gets what he deserves how could you abuse an innocent child I have a little boy myself and never could I even think of hurting him I hope that he gets what is coming to him they should starve him and break one bone a week until they run out of bones!!!!
February 8, 2011 at 4:05 am
When you have a child, your become a mother. A Mother will give her life for her child for whatever reason. She will take the abuse for her child, she will work the 10-12 hr days and she will “Protect” her child no matter what.
February 8, 2011 at 9:41 am