"Infant John MANZA - 6 Months/ Accused: David Coleman - Sarpy Cty/ Beatrice NE

An eastern Nebraska mother and the man she trusted to watch her 6-month-old son are both facing charges because doctors found severe burns and old bruises on the boy.

Sarpy County prosecutors charged 29-year-old David Coleman with felony child abuse Wednesday because he was watching the boy when he was burned earlier this week.

Coleman is a registered sex offender who was convicted of first-degree sexual assault of a child in 2004. He is being held in lieu of $500,000 bail.

Lt. Steve Grabowski says Coleman told the mother the boy was burned by a heating pad. The baby remains hospitalized with third-degree burns, a broken leg and bruises.

The boy's mother, 26-year-old Starr Manza, was ticketed on suspicion of child neglect.


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What the h@ll does this mean...snipped from the above article:

"The boy's mother, 26-year-old Starr Manza, was ticketed on suspicion of child neglect."

Why does she get a TICKET and not charged with the crime of child neglect for not getting this baby help. Is that all they do in NE? Ridiculous.

babyjustice wrote:What the h@ll does this mean...snipped from the above article:

"The boy's mother, 26-year-old Starr Manza, was ticketed on suspicion of child neglect."

Why does she get a TICKET and not charged with the crime of child neglect for not getting this baby help. Is that all they do in NE? Ridiculous.

Never heard of this before. Put her in a cell. She knew.