ANGELO MENDOZA Jr - 4 yo (2009) - Bakersfield CA

The man accused of biting out his 4-year-old son's eyes will not stand trial.

A Kern County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that Angelo Mendoza is
not mentally competent for trial. County mental health officials will
recommend whether Mendoza should go to a county or state mental health facility.

The 34-year-old man is accused of attacking his son,
Angelo Mendoza Jr., in late April. The child, who was discovered by a
neighbor lying naked in a bloody heap on the floor of an Ohio Drive
apartment, told officers, "My daddy ate my eyes," and, "Daddy bit my
eyes and hands," according to Bakersfield police reports.

Mendoza is in a wheelchair with a spinal cord injury, and police said he rolled
away from his apartment after the alleged attack and started hacking
away at his leg with an ax. Police reported that Mendoza was showing
signs of being under the influence of the psychedelic drug best known
as PCP or angel dust during the alleged abuse.

Criminal proceedings have been delayed multiple times because Mendoza was
reportedly in poor medical condition and uncommunicative.

The first doctor to examine Mendoza for mental competency determined last
month that he would be mentally competent to stand trial if he was on
proper medication. Another psychiatrist was appointed after the July 23
hearing, leading to Tuesday's ruling.

Charges of mayhem,
torture, child cruelty and inflicting injury upon a child have been put
on hold. A person in Mendoza's situation would typically be
re-evaluated on a regular basis to determine if they're mentally sound
enough to face charges, according to the public defender's office.

Mendoza is scheduled to return to court Sept. 22.

Abused boy: 'My daddy ate my eyes'




Angelo Mendoza Jr. (provided photo)

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A 4-year-old boy was found suffering from severe injuries to his eyes and hands when police were called to a disturbance at an apartment in southeast Bakersfield late last month.

The investigation led officers a few blocks away to East Terrace Way where they arrested the boy's father, 35-year-old Angelo Mendoza.

Court documents filed since the April 28 incident have shed light on the alleged abuse of Angelo Mendoza Jr., who was reportedly found lying naked on the floor of an Ohio Drive apartment with one eye missing and the other eye damaged badly.

The boy had told officers that, "My daddy ate my eyes," and, "Daddy bit my eyes and hands," according to a police report filed with the court.

More than 20 prior criminal cases can be found for the father in court records, including a no contest plea in April 2006 on misdemeanor willful cruelty to a child. He was placed on probation at that time.

Mendoza was charged with felony counts of aggravated mayhem, torture, willful cruelty to a child and inflicting injury upon a child for last month's alleged attack.

Mendoza had custody of the boy at the time, but the boy's mother was partially a witness to the incident. She said Friday that she was delivering pizza to the apartment when she heard her son screaming for help and decided to leave.

"My son was just crying, 'Mommy, mommy, I want to go with you. I'm scared,'" said the boy's mother, who called herself Desirae but would only speak on condition that her last name not be used. "(I'm) just like 'Should I take him or leave him?'"

Desirae said she left, thinking the boy was safe with his father.

The father reportedly struck himself in the ankle and foot area with an ax. He's currently listed in stable condition at Kern Medical Center.

The boy is staying with his mother's sister in foster care. His mother said the boy is doing well.

Man Accused Of Eating Child's Eye Out Found Not Guilty
Judge Rules Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- The man accused of biting out his child's eyeball while allegedly high on PCP, then chaining himself to a tree and trying to hack off his own leg was found not guilty by reason of insanity and now he will be headed to a state mental hospital.
Angelo Mendoza Sr., 37, was set to go to trial on Feb. 22, but on Thursday, according to the district attorney's office, after two reports and two different doctors, Mendoza was found to be insane at the time of the crime.
Mendoza pleaded guilty Thursday to all charges of aggravated mayhem, torture, willful cruelty to a child and inflicting injury to a child
But the judge ruled Mendoza was not guilty by reason of insanity.
Mendoza is due back in court on March 22 to determine where he will be placed.

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this mother needs to spend some time in a cell