JEREMY "JJ" BOLVIN - Months old - North Tonawanda (N of Buffalo) NY

LOCKPORT -- A North Tonawanda man, whose repeated beatings of his
infant son left the baby with 11 fractured bones and a severe form of
epilepsy, was sentenced today to one and a third to four years in state
prison.

Jeremy J. Bolvin, 24, of Eighth Avenue, had obtained a pre-indictment
plea bargain in May to third-degree assault and attempted second-degree
assault.


Thus, the sentence imposed by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza was the longest she could have handed down.

"Unfortunately, [the victim] has a life sentence," Sperrazza told
Bolvin's attorney, Daniel Brick. "Whatever [Bolvin] pled to or was
convicted of after trial, this court would max him."

Bolvin, a father of three by multiple women, was convicted of
third-degree assault in 2007 for breaking the arm of another son of his
in 2006, when the child was six months old. City Judge William R. Lewis
granted him a conditional discharge.

"This was an incredibly difficult case to prosecute," Assistant
District Attorney Elizabeth R. Donatello said. She told Sperrazza that
five family members had access to the baby, Jeremy "J.J." Bolvin.

The injuries that occurred in March and April 2010 included fractures
to the baby's ribs, arms and legs, said Tabitha Retzer, the baby's
step-grandmother and custodian.

Donatello said in one incident, Bolvin threw the infant into his crib.

Retzer said the now-18-month-old child's fractures are healed, but
J.J.'s main issue is Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy.

"On his worst day, he had 200 seizures," Retzer said. "A good day
then would be 20 to 30. Medicine has helped, but he's still not
seizure-free."

She said the baby has to eat special food and his development is delayed in all areas.

"He just learned to crawl at 14 months. He makes monkey noises,"
Retzer said. "He wears a helmet to protect his head. ... There's no
warning. He just drops like a brick."

Bolvin declined to speak in court. Brick said he agreed with a
probation officer's pre-sentencing recommendation of incarceration, but
asked Sperrazza to limit it to one year in the County Jail.

The judge refused and also issued an order barring Bolvin from any form of contact with J.J.

However, Sperrazza acknowledged that if at some point Bolvin wants to
see the boy, a Family Court judge could modify the order and allow
supervised visitation.

Retzer said she was "torn between justice and mercy."

"Part of me says, "Lock him up and throw away the key,'" she said.
"This is the second child who has suffered at the hands of Jeremy John
Bolvin. But another part of me says, "Get him the help he needs.'"

Donatello said Bolvin had met with Lockport psychologist Dr. David
Heffler, who quoted Bolvin as telling him, "Minus three kids, my life
would be pretty great right now."

"Minus the defendant," Donatello said, "J.J.'s life would be pretty great right now."
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This is sick. I can't believe they call this justice! The baby is damaged for life and the guy has abused his children before and he gets a couple of years. So sad.