CLARION, Pa. (EYT) — Two Clarion residents are facing child endangerment charges after CYS caseworkers and state police discovered their infant with unexplainable injuries.
Court documents indicate the Clarion-based State Police filed criminal charges against 27-year-old Adam Christopher MacCready and 30-year-old Desirae Hope Winsor, both of Clarion.
According to a criminal complaint filed by Trooper Graf, on October 25, 2017, the Clarion-based State Police received a phone call from a Clarion County CYS caseworker who received information about possible child abuse occurring at the MacCready residence involving an infant.
The caseworker requested a trooper accompany CYS to the residence due to the fact that the injuries reported could reach the level of taking the victim into protective custody.
Upon arrival at the residence located in Oakwood Acres Trailer Park, Trooper Graf met two CYS representatives. They informed the victim’s father, Adam MacCready, why there were there, and MacCready told them the baby was in a bedroom. One of the caseworkers went to the bedroom and noted that the infant boy had body odor and a wet diaper, the complaint states.
Trooper Graf indicated that the infant’s clothing and bedding were dirty. In addition, the infant had a recent injury to his face, head, mouth, and foot. He also had a noticeable difference in the size of his pupils; this caused authorities to be concerned about the possibility of head trauma, according to the complaint.
One of the caseworkers asked MacCready to make arrangements to get the infant to the Clarion Hospital by either calling an ambulance or by calling the baby’s mother to have her come home with the family car to take the boy to the hospital herself.
MacCready “openly refused to do anything of the sort and told the caseworker he wanted nothing to do with the situation, but he would call the baby’s mother, so she could handle it,” the complaint indicates.
The caseworkers asked MacCready how the injuries were sustained, and Mccready could not explain, according to the complaint.
When Desirae Winsor (the infant’s mother) arrived, she was upset to be called home. She told Trooper Graf that she works and “can’t be home all the time to take care of every little thing,” the complaint states.
Winsor was also unable to explain how the infant’s injuries occurred.
Clarion CYS then took the infant to Clarion Hospital for treatment.
Based on the investigation, the following charge was filed on Monday, April 9, against Winsor and MacCready in Magisterial District Judge Duane L. Quinn’s office:
– Endangering Welfare of Children — Parent/Guardian/Other Commits Offense, Misdemeanor 1
Preliminary arraignments are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 19, with Judge Quinn presiding.
