LOGAN SELLERS - 2 yo - Hagerstown MD

A Hagerstown man charged with assaulting a 2-year-old boy who died Monday told
police investigators he became angry with the toddler because he
“trashed” a bedroom, according to charging documents.


Brian Michael Miller, 33, appeared Tuesday via closed-circuit television in
Washington County District Court for a bond-review hearing on the
charges that were filed before Logan Sellers’ death.

Miller told Hagerstown Police Department investigators on
Thursday that Logan was upstairs at 133 McComas St. on the evening of
Oct. 5, and “trashed” a bedroom, the application for statement of
charges said. Miller told police he grabbed the boy and pushed him to
the floor, and the child’s face hit the floor, the charging documents said.

Police listed Miller’s address as 360 Buena Vista Ave. in
Hagerstown, but the documents said he was living with Logan’s mother,
Amanda Sellers, at the McComas Street address and was taking care of the boy.

Miller, who is being held at the Washington County Detention Center, appeared before District Judge Mark D. Thomas.

“Your honor, the victim is a 2-year-old boy, and he died,” Assistant State’s
Attorney Michele Hansen said. Noting that the case is now a homicide
investigation, she asked the judge to raise Miller’s bond from $500,000.

“There’s nothing I really can say,” Miller said when Thomas asked him if he had
anything to tell the court that might be considered in reducing his bond.

Thomas increased Miller’s bond to $750,000 on the current
charges of first-degree child abuse, second-degree custodial child
abuse, first- and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment.

Miller is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Nov. 3 at 8:30 a.m., Thomas said.

“The State’s Attorney’s Office and the Hagerstown city police are
investigating the matter. Additional charges are under consideration
pending the outcome of that investigation,” Washington County Deputy
State’s Attorney Joseph Michael said Tuesday.

“The defendant could be charged with additional charges in District Court, which would
be followed by (criminal) informations,” Michael said. The other option
would be to present the case to a grand jury for indictment, he said.

Logan Sellers was taken off life support Monday afternoon at a Washington, D.C., hospital and died shortly thereafter.

More than 100 people gathered Monday night in Hagerstown’s City Park for
what was to have been a vigil for the boy, who was taken to Meritus
Medical Center by Miller on Oct. 5, the charging documents said.

Logan “was found unresponsive by his caregiver,” the documents said. Medical
staff told police that Logan “had a bleeding brain injury and his
cardiovascular functions were being assisted by medical equipment,” the
documents said.

The boy was later flown to Children’s National Medical Center in Washington.

Amanda Sellers told police she had gone to school earlier in the afternoon and
left her son with Miller. Before she left school, Miller called her and
said Logan was not breathing, and he was taking him to the hospital,
the documents said.

Miller told Amanda Sellers that Logan was
resting upstairs and that he carried the boy downstairs and put him on
the couch while he prepared dinner. He later saw the boy was not
breathing and called 911, the documents said.

Miller later told police he placed Logan on the couch and “later saw him jerk and get very
rigid, make some kind of unusual sound, and then stop breathing,” the
documents said. After calling 911, he followed instructions to perform
cardio-pulmonary resuscitation until the ambulance arrived.

A doctor at Children’s National Medical Center said Logan had swelling of
the brain “as well as what he believed was a lack of oxygen to the brain
for a period of time,” the documents said.

The medical staff at Meritus had photographed Logan’s injuries, which showed bruising and
abrasions to his face, the documents said.
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A Hagerstown man has been charged with murder in the death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son.

Brian Michael Miller, 33, was recently indicted by a Washington County
grand jury and charged with first-degree murder, first-degree child
abuse and first-degree assault in the death of Logan Jace Sellers.

Logan’s injuries

Logan was taken to Meritus Medical Center Oct. 5 with critical
injuries, according to police. Miller had told police he became angry
with the toddler after Logan reportedly “trashed” a bedroom at their
home at 133 McComas St. Miller told police he grabbed Logan and pushed
him down, causing his face to hit the floor.

Logan’s mother, Amanda Sellers, had left Logan with Miller when she
went to school that afternoon, court documents say. He later called her
and said Logan was being taken to the hospital because he had stopped
breathing.

Miller reportedly told police he had laid the toddler on the couch
while Miller made dinner. He reportedly saw Logan jerk, become rigid and
stop breathing. He called 911 and followed the dispatcher’s CPR
instructions until the ambulance arrived.

Logan was later flown to Children’s National Medical Center in
Washington, D.C., where doctors said he had brain swelling due to lack
of oxygen for a period of time. Logan died of his injuries Oct. 10 in
the hospital.

Bond

Miller remains in Washington County Detention Center on $750,000 bond.
The bond had been raised from $500,000 in a district court hearing after
his arrest last month.

Prosecutors delayed charging Miller with murder because they did not
think he would post bond. The case was forwarded to the grand jury in
order for the indictment to be issued.
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