LAMAJ TERRY - 16 months (2009)/ Convicted: Jocquise Coleman - Las Vegas NV

Metro Police issued a warrant Monday for the arrest of a teenager accused in the fatal beating last week of a 16-month-old boy.

The warrant charges 18-year-old Jocquise Coleman with two counts of
child abuse with substantial bodily harm and child neglect with
substantial bodily harm.

Police said Coleman was taking care of 16-month-old Lamaj Terry at
an apartment complex at 5150 Spyglass Hill Drive while his mother went
to work on Wednesday, the warrant stated. The toddler's mother told
police she had known Coleman for about a month.

Police said neighbor children then alerted two residents of the
complex that a toddler had stopped breathing inside an apartment.

The two residents rushed into an apartment and found the
16-month-old boy lying on a bed alone in the apartment, his lips blue
and apparently not breathing, the warrant said.

The tot's mother returned from work and went to Sunrise Hospital and
Medical Center, where the toddler was placed on life support. Doctors
and later a coroner's examination revealed that the boy had bruises on
his face, head and ribs, and that there was vomit in his lungs, the
warrant said. A medical report on Lamaj Terry indicated his injuries
were from "definite physical abuse."

Lamaj Terry died at the hospital Thursday after being pronounced brain dead and removed from life support.

Police said they believe  Coleman may have fled to Los Angeles.

Anyone with information about Jacquise Coleman or where he can be found is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555.

Metro police are looking for an 18-year-old who is accused of beating a toddler to death while babysitting.A warrant was issued Monday for Jocquise Coleman.Police said on Sept. 16, Coleman was babysitting for his girlfriend, while she was at work.Police
said they responded to a call of a toddler not breathing at an
apartment at 5150 Spyglass Hill Drive. They said neighbor children
found 16-month-old Lamaj Terry alone on a bed. Adult neighbors then
called 911 and tried to revive the toddler.The baby later died at Sunrise Hospital from injuries consistent with blunt force trauma, the warrant said.Coleman’s girlfriend, Brittany Terry, said he had been babysitting for her child
for the past four or five days. She said Coleman called her several
hours after she left for work to say Lamaj was not well.Terry
said she got a ride home, and Coleman kept calling her to tell her
Lamaj was getting worse. She said she called 911. Terry said when she
got home, Coleman was gone. She said she spoke to him on the phone, and
Coleman said he was coming to the hospital, but he did not show.Police said Coleman may have fled to Los Angeles.He is being charged with two counts of child abuse and neglect with substantial bodily harm and one count of murder.

Police have released a picture of a teenager who is a suspect in the beating death of a Las Vegas toddler.Investigators
said 18-year-old Jocquise Coleman was babysitting when the child was
found not breathing with blunt force trauma injuries.The 18-month-old died a day later.Police said Coleman may have fled to Los Angeles.

The 18-year-old wanted in connection with the death of a toddler last week
was arrested Wednesday night and is being held without bail at the
Clark County Detention Center.
Las Vegas police had issued an arrest warrant for Jocquise Coleman
on charges of murder by child abuse and two counts of child abuse with
substantial bodily harm.
Coleman is the boyfriend of the child's mother and was caring for the toddler while she was at work, police said.
He is accused in the death of 16-month-old Lamaj Terry, who was found suffering from blunt force
trauma to his head and abdomen at an east valley apartment on Sept. 16.
The child was pronounced dead at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center the next day, authorities said.

A preliminary hearing for a teenager accused of fatally beating a toddler boy last year has been set.

Jocquise Coleman, 19, is facing one count of murder by child abuse
and two counts of child abuse and neglect with substantial bodily harm.

A preliminary hearing in the matter has been set for Feb. 26 after a
status check today in justice court on the autopsy results of
16-month-old Lamaj Terry, which are expected to be ready later this
week, Chief Deputy District Attorney Vicki Monroe said.

An arrest report indicates Coleman was taking care of the child on
Sept. 16 at an apartment complex in the 5100 block of Spyglass Hill
Drive while the boy’s mother was at work. He had been caring for the
boy while she worked for the past four or five days, she told police.
They had been in a dating relationship for about a month.

That afternoon, children from the neighborhood alerted two residents
of the complex that a toddler had stopped breathing inside an
apartment. They found the boy lying on a bed alone in the apartment,
his lips blue and apparently not breathing, reports indicate.

Authorities responded and the boy was taken to Sunrise Hospital,
where he was placed on life support in the pediatric intensive care
unit. The next day, he was pronounced brain dead and was taken off life
support, resulting in his death.

A medical examination revealed the boy had bruises on his face, head
and ribs, and that there was vomit in his lungs, the report said. A
medical report on Lamaj indicated his injuries were the result of
physical abuse.

Police arrested Coleman on Sept. 23. He is being held in the Clark County Detention Center without bond.

01/04/2011			Calendar Call (9:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Hardcastle, Kathy) Parties Present Minutes Result: Vacated and Reset
01/04/2011			Motion to Continue Trial Motion to Continue Trial Date
01/10/2011			CANCELED Jury Trial (10:00 AM) () Vacated
01/31/2011			Case Reassigned to Department 20 Case reassigned from Judge Kathy Hardcastle
04/11/2011			Filed Under Seal Affidavit Of Christy Craig
04/11/2011			Request Request To File Order And Affidavit Under Seal
04/11/2011			Order
04/11/2011			Order
05/17/2011			Calendar Call (9:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Tao, Jerome T.) 05/17/2011 Reset by Court to 05/17/2011
05/23/2011			Jury Trial (10:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Tao, Jerome T.) 05/23/2011 Reset by Court to 05/23/2011

https://www.clarkcountycourts.us/Anonymous/CaseDetail.aspx?CaseID=7576806

Posted  October 24, 2013 - 4:30pm
Updated  October 24, 2013 - 5:03pm

Las Vegas man sentenced for killing toddler


By FRANCIS McCABE
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

A 22-year-old Las Vegas man was sentenced on Thursday to 13 to 40 years in prison for killing a 16-month-old child in September 2009.

Jocquise Coleman was a teenager when prosecutors said he killed Lamaj Terry, who died from an unknown blunt force trauma to his head and abdomen. Coleman, then 18, was the boyfriend of the child’s mother and was caring for the toddler while she was at work.

In August, Coleman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and child abuse and neglect with substantial bodily harm.

The baby’s mother, Brittany Terry, testified at the sentencing hearing that she could forgive Coleman, but would never forget. No parent should have to suffer the pain of losing a child, Terry said through tears.

Judge Jerry Tao gave Coleman a chance to speak, but he declined.

Prosecutors said Lamaj was left in Coleman’s care for several days when Brittany Terry, then 19, was at work.

Coleman and Terry had been dating for about a month.

Paramedics found Lamaj unresponsive in an apartment at 5150 Spyglass Hill Drive, near Charleston and Nellis boulevards.

Two residents at the complex rushed into the apartment after hearing shouts that the toddler was unresponsive. They told investigators that he had bruises on his head and face and that his lips were blue.

Coleman fled but was arrested a couple of days later.

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