LEXI ZIRINSKY - 2 Months (2011) - Hopatcong (NE of Newark) NJ

A Hopatcong woman has been charged with child abuse in Maryland for
failing to protect her infant daughter from beatings by the father, a
former Morris County resident, authorities said.



Jessica Peavy, 22, is being held on $25,000 bail in the Nov. 28 death of her 2-month-old daughter, Lexi Zirinsky.

Jason Zirinsky, the baby’s 25-year-old father, is awaiting trial on
murder and child abuse charges in connection with the girl’s death in
the family’s home in Brunswick, Md. This is the second time Zirinsky has
been charged with abusing an infant daughter of his.

Prosecutors in Maryland say Peavy failed to protect the child from Zirinsky, who used to live in Roxbury.

Peavy moved to Hopatcong after the infant’s death, according to a
report in the Frederick News Post, a Maryland newspaper. She was
indicted on abuse charges last month and returned to Maryland to face
the allegations.

Appearing without a lawyer, Peavy told the judge she was happy to have a bond set. Her next court date is July 11.

The allegations in Lexi’s death mark the second time Zirinsky has
faced child abuse charges. In 2004, he was charged in Morris County with
aggravated assault and child endangerment after his 28-day-old daughter
was hospitalized with broken bones in her legs and wrists and four
fractured ribs.

Then 19, he claimed the injuries were the result of an accident, but
he served nearly 18 months in prison on abuse charges, according to New
Jersey Department of Corrections records.

Zirinsky faces life without parole if convicted of Lexi’s murder in Maryland, according to the News Post report.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/hopatcong_woman_charged_with_a.html

Former Roxbury resident accused of killing infant daughter in Maryland
Published: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 6:48 PM Updated: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 6:49 PM
Dan Goldberg/The Star-Ledger By Dan Goldberg/The Star-Ledger

A former Roxbury resident who served nearly two years in prison for abusing his infant daughter in 2004 has been accused of murdering another infant daughter in Maryland.

Jason Zirinsky, 25, of Brunswick, Md., was charged on Monday after the Maryland Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that two-month-old Lexi Regina Zirinsky’s death was caused by multiple traumatic injuries, according to a press release from the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office.

Zirinsky was found guilty of child endangerment and child abuse in 2004 after his then 28-day-old daughter was brought to the hospital with four broken ribs, two broken legs and a broken wrist.

In 2006, he was convicted of theft and conspiracy to commit theft in a Mount Arlington incident.

He was sentenced for both crimes in February 2007 in Morristown and was released from prison in October 2008. Zirinsky was taken into custody in Maryland at about 2:30 p.m. on Monday. He complained of chest pains and was examined at Frederick Memorial Hospital, the release stated. He then was transported to the booking unit of the Frederick County Adult Detention Center.

Zirinsky was charged with first-degree murder and child abuse, according to the release.

http://blog.nj.com/ledgerlocal/print.html?entry=/2010/11/former_roxbury_resident_accuse.html

A Brunswick man charged with killing his infant daughter in November
was sentenced to 30 years in prison after entering into a plea agreement
in the case Friday.

Jason August Zirinsky, 26, entered an Alford plea to the charge of
first-degree child abuse resulting in death in connection with the death
of 2-month-old Lexi Regina Zirinsky, Frederick County State's Attorney
Charlie Smith said.

An Alford plea is not an admission of guilt but an acknowledgment
that the state has enough evidence to secure a conviction if the case
were to go to trial.

Zirinsky had also been facing charges of first-degree murder and
first-degree child abuse resulting in severe physical injury before
entering into the plea agreement.

Smith said the 30-year sentence, which does not include the
possibility of parole, was the maximum that Judge G. Edward Dwyer Jr.
could have imposed under the agreement. He said Zirinsky and his
attorney, Robert Bokman, had initially offered a plea deal that could
have resulted in less than the maximum sentence, but Smith's office
rejected that proposal.

"Unless we were free to ask the Judge for the maximum, we were
unwilling to do anything but try the case," Smith wrote in an email to
The Frederick News-Post.

An officer from the Brunswick Police Department responded to
Zirinsky's house in the 400 block of West Potomac Street at about 7 a.m.
Nov. 28 for a report of an infant in cardiac arrest.

The child's aunt directed the officer to an upstairs bedroom, where
he found the child's mother, Jessica Denise Peavy, crying and cradling
the baby, who was already dead. The child had visible bruising on her
face, arms and legs, according to a statement of fact read during
Friday's proceedings.

An autopsy determined that, among other injuries, the child suffered
three blunt force traumas to the head, each of which would have been
enough to kill her, the statement read.

Peavy told investigators she began noticing bruises after the child
was in Zirinsky's care. Zirinsky said at the time that he may have been
too rough when handling the child, including during burping.

Smith said the charges for which Zirinsky entered the plea best
reflect the reality of the case. He said there was little evidence of
the premeditation prosecutors would have to prove in order to secure a
conviction for first-degree murder.

"After looking at the facts, we concluded that he beat his child to
death, and that these were the most appropriate charges," Smith said. "I
really wish there was something more we could do to this guy, but this
is what the law allows for. I have mixed feelings about this case."

Smith said the maximum sentence does not allow for probation, but
that Zirinsky could petition a judge to have his sentence reduced or a
parole board at some point could order his early release. But both of
those scenarios are unlikely, he said.

"All we can do is ask for the maximum sentence and hope that they serve it," Smith said.

A grand jury indicted Peavy on charges of second-degree child abuse
in May. She has been free since June 9 when she posted $25,000 bail. The
conditions of the bail stipulate that Peavy, who is from New Jersey,
cannot leave Maryland without permission. Her trial is scheduled to
begin Oct. 6.
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My gosh...there should be a law that child abusers have to be sterilized after they are convicted the first time. This guy was clearly a previous abuser and it was inevitable that he would harm another baby. And unfortunately he killed his second child. I hope he rots in prison. And I wish they would castrate him so he cannot procreate.

The mother of a 2-month-old girl who was fatally beaten at her home
in Brunswick has pleaded guilty to second-degree child abuse for failing
to protect her daughter from the girl's father. Twenty-one-year-old Jessica Peavy entered the plea Tuesday in Frederick.
Frederick County
State's Attorney Charlie Smith says the state will seek a one-year jail
term, with 14 years suspended, at Peavy's sentencing Oct. 27. He says
prosecutors also will ask for supervised probation with drug treatment.

Peavy was charged following the November death of Lexi Zirinsky.
Court records describe multiple injuries, inflicted over a number of
weeks.
The girl's father, 26-year-old Jason Zirinksy, was
sentenced last week to 30 years in prison for child abuse resulting in
the girl's death.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-infant-found-dead-20110913,0,2774386.story

The mother of a 2-month-old girl who was beaten to death in November
pleaded guilty to charges that she did not protect the child from her
father.

Jessica Denise Peavy, 21, pleaded guilty to second-degree child abuse on Monday, Frederick County State's Attorney Charlie Smith said Tuesday. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 27.
The
infant's father, Jason August Zirinsky, 26, entered an Alford plea
Friday to the charge of first-degree child abuse resulting in death, and
was sentenced to 30 years in prison. An Alford plea is not an admission
of guilt but an acknowledgment that the state has sufficient evidence
to convict.
Lexi Regina Zirinsky died Nov. 28 at the couple's home on West Potomac Street in Brunswick
as the result of what the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said was
"chronic child abuse." The girl had visible bruises on her face and
body when a Brunswick police officer arrived. An autopsy revealed three blunt-force injuries, each sufficient to cause the child's death.
Smith
said his office will ask that the judge sentence Peavy to the maximum
15-year sentence but suspend all but one year. He said sentencing
guidelines for those charges start at three months in jail.
"Furthermore,
we feel that supervised probation with drug treatment is appropriate
given what the state believes to be an apparent drug problem," Smith
wrote in an email to The Frederick News-Post on Tuesday.
Smith
said Peavy told investigators she began noticing bruises on the child's
face weeks before her death. He also said she discussed the injuries
with her sister, who was living with her at the time, and expressed her
reluctance to take her daughter to the doctor for fear that the child
would be taken away.

The Frederick
County grand jury indicted Peavy on May 20. She returned to Maryland
from New Jersey in June to face charges. She has been free since June 9,
when she posted $25,000 bail, the conditions of which stipulated that
she not leave Maryland without permission.
"Ms. Peavy failed to
protect her infant daughter from abuse, which resulted in her daughter's
death," Assistant State's Attorney Lindell K. Angel said at the time of
the indictment.

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=126045

FREDERICK, Md. — The mother of a baby girl who was fatally abused by
the child's father faces sentencing in Frederick for failing to protect
her daughter.


Twenty-one-year-old Jessica Peavy of Hopatcong is scheduled for sentencing this morning.


She pleaded guilty in September to second-degree child abuse stemming
from the death of 2-year-old Lexi Zirinsky. The girl died last November
when the family was living in Brunswick.


Twenty-six-year-old Jason Zirinsky is serving a 30-year sentence for
child abuse resulting in death. Court records describe multiple
injuries, inflicted over a number of weeks.


Frederick County State's Attorney Charlie Smith has said the state
will seek one year of incarceration with 14 years suspended. He says
prosecutors also will ask for supervised probation with drug treatment.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/10/hopatcong_mother_of_slain_baby.html

FREDERICK, Md. -- The mother of a baby
girl who was fatally abused by the child's father has been sentenced to
a year in jail for failing to protect her daughter.Jessica Peavy, 21, of Hopatcong, N.J., was sentenced Thursday. Peavy will also serve one year of supervised probation.
She pleaded guilty in September to second-degree child abuse
stemming from the death of 2-month-old Lexi Zirinsky. The girl died last
November when the family was living in Brunswick.Jason Zirinsky,
26, is serving a 30-year sentence for child abuse resulting in death.
Court records described multiple injuries inflicted on the girl over
several weeks.
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