Boston Herald
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Two parents were in court yesterday in separate, horrific child abuse cases that stunned even veteran cops — a Dorchester woman who is accused of punching her toddler on the T and a Lawrence man accused of battering a 3-week-old child.
Erica Ryan, 25, was arrested Tuesday in Roxbury, after passengers on the MBTA’s Route 23 bus told cops they saw her swear at her son when he refused to eat, then punch him in the face.
Upset passengers held her until police arrived, then Ryan fled down Warren Street, screaming, “No one is going to take away my baby,” according to Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley’s office.
When police caught up with her, they reportedly found dried blood around the baby’s mouth.
The boy is now staying with a relatives, Conley added.
Emanuel Quadros, 32, a Lawrence dad, was also arrested Tuesday.
His baby was taken to a Lawrence hospital May 18, with “a broken tibia, a broken femur, multiple rib injuries and some injuries that were already starting to heal,” Lawrence police Chief John Romero said. “We were notified by the hospital that the injuries weren’t consistent with the story.”
“He said he dropped the child, when he realized the baby was unconscious he panicked,” Romero said. “Then he ran into the back bedroom, placed the baby on the bed, slapped him several times, then bounced him up and down.
“And this is a 3-week-old infant,” Romero added. And when police questioned Quadros, Romero said, “He tried to implicate the mother.”
But the probe continued, and Tuesday, Quadros confessed to a state social worker and was arrested, Romero said.
Meanwhile, in Malden, little Carmelo Sears continues to recover, great-grandma Ruth Nickerson said.
The 2-month-old baby suffered a fractured skull and broken leg and fingers when he was tossed onto a sidewalk. His father has been charged.
-— rweir@bostonherald.com
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