Comment #4

pumpi76 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:56:00 GMT

oh trying to send me a message...That's what the lottery does...

Comment #3

emilyg — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:08:57 GMT

That child needs brighter parents.

Comment #2

Tenaj — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:01:09 GMT

The mother should have been arrested too.

Comment #1

konane — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:24:38 GMT

Somebody REALLY forgot to think that day. Hope the baby is ok physically no lasting mental trauma.

Original Blog Entry: Man Puts Son In Dryer Then Turns It On To Take Picture

truesee — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:08:38 GMT

Man accused of putting toddler in dryer

by Nicole Ethier - Feb. 26, 2009 05:44 PM

The Arizona Republic

A 19-year-old Mesa father was arrested after he allegedly turned on the clothes dryer his year-old son was playing in, police said Thursday.

Mesa Police responded to a home in the 10900 block of East Flossmoor Avenue about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday after family members reported that Jose L. Rocha closed the dryer door and turned it on, causing the toddler to tumble in the machine. The toddler received a large bruise on his back, according to police reports.

Rocha and his girlfriend, the child's mother, fled before police arrived but later returned.

The incident allegedly began when the child was sitting in the dryer and Rocha and the child's mother wanted to take a picture.

The mother told police she heard the dryer turn on and the child scream as she was grabbing the camera. Another family member told police she had witnessed Rocha remove the child from the dryer after hearing the dryer turn on and the child scream.

Police said Rocha denied shutting the dryer door. Instead, he told police he spun the dryer with his hands, causing the child to land on his back and bruise.

The child was treated at the scene and remains in the custody of his mother, said Steve Berry, Media Relations Detective for the Mesa Police Department.

Rocha was arrested on two outstanding warrants and booked into jail on suspicion of child abuse.

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