Spring Lake Park man, 24, charged in beating that left girlfrie...

[Serina L]

Bingo Randy, you hit the nail on the head!

Randy wrote:

Not wanting to pile on here....maybe a great mother but a terrible judge of character (twice) and being a great mother means not putting your child in harms way

[Serina L]

I like your "catch and release" quote, how true it is. We need a firing squad and no appeals. Dirty Darn liberals!

Nanny State DFL Nazis wrote:

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In the catch and release state of MN they will not suffer, they will get probation and hug therapy.
Send your DFL (Dirty F'en Liars) a thank you note.

[1212ooo]

mnnative wrote:

This guy needs to fry

AGREE, THEN HANG, THEN BURN, THEN BE STONED (WITH REAL ROCKS...), THEN SHOT.... YOU GET THE IDEA!

[1212ooo]

St Paul Born and Raised wrote:

20 years in the big house. You know those fellas just love men that hurt babies and women. He'll be in PC or Solitare with nothing to think about but what a good thing he had and he flippin ruined it. Hope BIG BUBBA gets to slap him around!

UNFORTUNATLY MN PRISON IS FULL OF THOSE WHO NEED A LITTLE TIME IN SUMMER CAMP. SEND HIM TO SAN QUINTIN BACK IN THE DAYS AND MAYBE HE'D HAVE SEEN A LITTLE JUSTICE.
TILL THEN JUST KEEP TELLING EVERY PIECE OF TRASH IN THE STATE THAT IT'S OK TO HURT KIDS.

[Justine]

Josh is my brother and i think all you people sitting here critisizing him have no reason to do it! None of you know what he was doing at the time or the fact that it's probably not easy for him to see his child! He's a great father and brother and I don't think he should be to blame for any of this!

[Mad Jack]

Justine wrote:

He's a great father and brother and I don't think he should be to blame for any of this!

This is obviously a troll, but what the heck here goes. "A great father?" I don't think so. A great father is married to his child's mother. A great father supports his child financially. A great father sees his children every day. I could go on and on, but this jerk wad is quite the opposite of a great father.

[Randy]

Justine wrote:

Josh is my brother and i think all you people sitting here critisizing him have no reason to do it! None of you know what he was doing at the time or the fact that it's probably not easy for him to see his child! He's a great father and brother and I don't think he should be to blame for any of this!

I'll take the bait too......We don't have to know what he was doing. All we need to know it what he was NOT doing, and that's taking care of his son that he already pointed out he hadn't seen in 3 months. And I think we all agree that he is not a great father. Lousy father, lousy mother. I'd like to see Pioneer press put this story back on the front page as a reminder of the all scum that is out there

[jennifer]

who are you guys to say things about the mother or the father they are not the ones who did this james is ...... i know i was not there that day and i know that what happend was wrong but my brother is a good dad ...... did any of you think that it was not easy for him to see that baby ...... and yeah some of you are right if the baby would have been with josh he would be ok today ..... i'm not saying that the mom is not a good mom but you people need to get off of my brother ........ what you people can do instead of waisting your time typeing on here you can say a preyer for my little nephew ...... we love you little guy may god be with you ....

[jennifer]

Randy wrote:

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I'll take the bait too......We don't have to know what he was doing. All we need to know it what he was NOT doing, and that's taking care of his son that he already pointed out he hadn't seen in 3 months. And I think we all agree that he is not a great father. Lousy father, lousy mother. I'd like to see Pioneer press put this story back on the front page as a reminder of the all scum that is out there

my brother is not a lousy father .... mabey you are or dont you have kids .... thats like calling the kettle black...... there is only one person to blame its that a hole that did this....

[Randy]

jennifer wrote:

<quoted text> my brother is not a lousy father .... mabey you are or dont you have kids .... thats like calling the kettle black...... there is only one person to blame its that a hole that did this....

No black kettle here missy..... I have three 3 kids. I have been a father for 24 years and not a day goes by that my kids are not the first thing on my mind. And my number one priority since the day the first one was born was to ensure they were provided for and were safe. Their mother and I divorced 10 years ago when they were quite young. She had boyfriends and a second husband over the years and much to the mothers and the other dudes chagrin I made it a point to make sure they knew who I was. They needed to know that if any harm came to my kids there would be hell to pay. I am truly sorry your nephew is so seriously hurt and have prayed that he makes a recovery. I believe many of these posts are not an attack on your brother or the mother, but more of a statement that we are so sick and tired of irresponsible mothers, absent fathers and parasite low life boyfriends

[ACS]

Maybe people should stop thinking about who was in the wrong james had a bad day no one was there and no proof has come out to judge anyone just hear say the missing father is a sex offender so he isnt any better being with that baby but at least james cared enough to get help right away and he will have to live with what he did for the rest of his life but no one has any room to judge only god can and if god can forgive so should everyone else.

[ambannochie]

for all you people talking about the father Its hard to be part of the baby when the mother tricking off telling all man she is involved with, they are the father and josh is not. If he was part of his childs life the way he wanted to be this would of never happened. I can guarantee it

[ambannochie]

Too many incidents happen like this and the mother who should not be breathing the air we are is. she needs to be lock up with her bitch ass man that.She says she loves after the incident the following day Then the next day she goes on her myspace pages and says her mood is accomplished what the hell does that mean? Josh is nowhere at fault.

[packer]

i do have to say that you all have your own opinion over what happend, but the thing is is that yes james did do something terrible but like ACS said he will have to live for it the rest of his life. He was a dear friend of mine, close enough to be one of my brothers. I felt like he betrayed me in that way. I have a large family he called my mom mom and my lil sis who's 13 loved him and would ask how he was. I told them what had happend and my mother and sister freaked. I believe that he wasn't in his right mind at the time. James really didn't act like that at all the whole time I've know him and he even shared quite a few personal things with me that I will NOT say and it does lead me to believe it had something to do with what happend. Nothing horrible but he did bottle some things up for too long. If you take a look at his mug shot you will see not a terrible low-life scumball but a troubled man who does need some help with whatever else he's bottling up.

[packer]

I'm not trying to defend him that much, I'm just saying before any one of you decide to slander the mother, father, or even James just stop and realize there may be more to the story than what any news paper is saying. I feel terrible about what happend and I am praying for their child to become well and live a happy life after all this is over. I also don't believe James should fry because why do that to someone when they can spend the rest of their life with that constantly on their mind. I know for sure that he will suffer the rest of his life knowing that he threw his life away by his actions to the child. people who knew him before knew that his seemed like he would be a cocky tough guy but in actuallity he is human like the rest of use and he does have a soft-spot, I have seen it and those of you who were close to him have seen it too.

[Ashley-Carters mom]

And for all of you people who think that the mom should be blamed and held accountable too need to shut up. In my sons situation, no one could blame me, put me down, or beat me up more than i did to myself. As moms, we blame and beat ourselves up enough for everything that happens to our children no matter how big or small the event maybe. As moms we are the protectors and we feel that we are SOLEY responsible for what happens to our children whether we are there or not. There is no way to know whether a person would ever do something like this to a child. I was a nurse when it happened to my son, you would think that i would have saw the signs... but there aren't always signs.

This is a new day in age where women are homemakers while the men work... we are becoming more and more independent, being single with kids is on the rise at about 60%, where getting married before kids is at about 15-20%. I think that we need to take the blame away from the parents of this infant and focus it to the guy who did it... he is the one who made the CHOICE to beat this infant. He had the choice to walk away; maybe you guys should be blaming the parents who raised him to be a child abuser by not teaching him to make the right choices...
I believe that "Everything happens for a reason" - it may take awhile to realize what the reason is but there is one. I love my son to death, i wish i could turn back time, but I can't. After 2 months of crying and beating myself up while sitting with him at children's, it came to me... what good is crying, being depressed, & beating myself up for something that can't be changed. What happened was horrible, i would never wish it upon anyone... but I believe that it happened to create awareness. I am a younger -single mom, who graduated college as a nurse, bought a house at the age of 20, own 2 vehicles soon to be 2 houses and I have more going for me than a lot of people. I was one of those who that that child abuse only occurs when there are drugs/alcohol involved, with the un or under educated, low income families, in the "ghetto"... well it can happen to anyone, in any social class. I have taken what happened to my family from a negative situation to the start of a positive one... to prevent it from happening to other children. I speak at schools, mom groups, and teenage pregnancy groups, anywhere where there are people that will listen. Child abuse needs to stop, and the only way to achieve that to keep all children safe is to create awareness.

So for those of you who want to blame the mom, the dad who was not there at that particular time, you might as well blame yourself... What have you done to keep the children of the world safe? Drop all the blame and focus it on the kids and how to create them a better future...

[Ashley-Carters mom]

jennifer wrote:

who are you guys to say things about the mother or the father they are not the ones who did this james is ...... i know i was not there that day and i know that what happend was wrong but my brother is a good dad ...... did any of you think that it was not easy for him to see that baby ...... and yeah some of you are right if the baby would have been with josh he would be ok today ..... i'm not saying that the mom is not a good mom but you people need to get off of my brother ........ what you people can do instead of waisting your time typeing on here you can say a preyer for my little nephew ...... we love you little guy may god be with you ....

When I first heard about this story, it was as if I was living the day of Jan 13, 2007 all over again. It is almost exactly the same as what happened to my son, Carter; the only difference is that my son was 30 days old and your nephew was 7 months old.... I went to work, leaving Carter with a man that was my boyfriend at the time, he ended up punching him in the head multiple times. Carter ended up having 2 skull fractures, bleeding in the brain, 4-5 fractured ribs, and a fractured femur.(his full story can be viewed at his website: www.caringbridge.org/visit/carterregnier1 ). Carter was left with 30-40% brain damage, a seizure disorder, and a heart condition called SVT. All of the Doctor's told me that he would be a vegetable; never be able to walk, talk, eat on his own, and might be on a vent for life. its been a year and a half now and he is almost walking... There is hope... Doctor's can be proved wrong... I will never forget the day when the topic of "pulling the plug" was brought up because Carter was not showing any signs of brain activity... I went out to the waiting room to get my other son, Tyler,(who was 2 at the time) to bring him in to say good bye to his brother... when he said "bye Carter" - Carter opened his eyes. It can happen with your nephew, something just needs to trigger it. I know exactly what the baby's mom and your families are going through. It is not easy. And what happened is no one's fault but the man who did it... No one can see these things coming, and you can never know someone well enough---some of us had to learn this the hard way.
I wish you and your family the best and i will continue to pray for him every night. I am here if you, your family, the baby's mom, etc. would like to talk or need support, find/get resources, or anything not hesitate to contact me. But don't give up on him, spend all the time you can with him - stimulate his brain, and there will always be the hope/possibility that something will click and he will wake up no matter what the doctors say. Encourage him to be strong and prove the doctor's wrong.
Hang in there and I am here if you need anything.~Ashley~ [e-mail]

[Buttomfly]

What heart wrenching behaviors. I thought I would comment....but sadly I cannot. Kids are way to precious to have to weather this kind of abuse. This is one subject too close to my heart to even talk about.