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Millsboro Man Charged with Felony Assault after Allegedly Biting Girlfriend’s Child Released-Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Millsboro-Earlier today, state police detectives charged a Millsboro man with felony assault and endangering the welfare of a child after he allegedly bit his girlfriend’s ten month old female child last Friday. The mother of the child, (girlfriend) failed to report the incident to police. She was charged with endangering the welfare of the child after she failed to seek medical treatment for the girl’s injuries. On Monday at approximately 6:30 p.m., investigators were contacted by the Division of Family Services after the child was turned over to their agency for placement. The child had been treated and released from at Beebe Medical Center for several bruises left from bite wounds, fifteen in all. The child’s mother, later identified as Autumn L. Koons, 20, of Millsboro was contacted and interviewed by police. During the interview, Koons told detectives she and her boyfriend, Jose M. Buckmaster had been drinking during the evening hours of Friday, January 25, 2008. Koons told investigators she heard the child crying at approximately 11:30 p.m. Koons did not look into why the baby was crying that night. Koons told police she observed bite marks on the child’s body the next morning. She stated Buckmaster told her he bit the child because the child would not go to sleep. Koons told investigators she did not report the incident because she was afraid of losing Buckmaster. Buckmaster is not the child's father. As a result of the investigation detectives formally charged Koons with one count of Endangering the Welfare of a Child (misdemeanor). Koons was arraigned and released on $1,000.00 unsecured bond with a co-signer. Buckmaster was formally charged with one count of Assault 2nd Degree (felony) and one count of Endangering the Welfare of a Child (misdemeanor). Buckmaster was arraigned and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution in lieu of $10,500.00 secured bond. |
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