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Ex-foster dad who impregnated girl reaches plea agreement

MUNCIE STAR PRESS

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NEW CASTLE -- A foster father accused of having sex with and

impregnating a 15-year-old girl placed in his care has reached a plea

deal with prosecutors.

Last week Darrin K. Reid, 38, was supposed to go on trial in Henry

County Circuit Court, but his trial was canceled and a plea agreement

hearing and sentencing now are scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 24.

Court records don't reveal the details of the agreement.

Last October, Reid was charged with two counts of sexual misconduct with

a minor, both class B felonies carrying a standard 10-year prison terms.

Reid, who is legally blind, lived in New Castle at the time of his

arrest with his wife Traesha, but court records now list an Indianapolis

address.

According to court documents filed last year, the girl spent about eight

months in the Reid home, before she was discovered she was pregnant and

removed from the home in August 2006. In that time, she said she and

Reid had sex nine times.

When the girl told Reid she thought she was pregnant, he ordered a

pregnancy test for her online. When that test confirmed the girl was

pregnant, Reid, who is African American, instructed her to say she was

sexually assaulted by a black man inside the rest room of the local

bowling alley, as an explanation for the white teen was delivering a

mixed-race baby.

Reid told his wife the girl was pregnant, and then said they should take

her to Indianapolis to have an abortion as a way to keep the pregnancy a

secret from the Indiana Department of Child Services. Reid reasoned the

state might take the girl away if she was pregnant.

It was only after Traesha Reid found a letter written by the girl and

confronted her husband that he admitted he had sex with the girl.

It's part of a long string of problems and heartache in the girl's life.

She was first placed in state custody after both of her parents were put

in prison. At first another relative agreed to take her in, but she was

later removed from that home after authorities learned that relative

previously had sexually abused another member of his family.

From there, she was moved to foster homes and youth treatment facilities.

Reid's license as a foster parent was revoked in September 2006 in the

midst of the allegations and investigation of this case. He had been

licensed since June 2004.

Even before the state paid him to work as a foster parent, a judge in

Allen County restricted the time Reid could spend with his own children.

According to court papers provided to The Star Press by Reid's ex-wife

Catherine, in October 2003 an Allen County Circuit Court judge ruled

that Reid's "presently afforded visitation with his minor children might

endanger the children's physical health or significantly impair the

children's emotional development."

At that time, his visits were limited to one weekend a month, and two

full weeks a year.

CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A

DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA

WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....

CPS Does not protect children...

It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even

killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.

every parent should read this .pdf from

connecticut dcf watch...

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com

Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US

These numbers come from The National Center on

Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)

Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS

Perpetrators of Maltreatment

Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59

Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13

Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241

Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12

Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5

Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that

are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per

100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse

and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the

citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold

parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY

government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and

death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more

human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which

they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that

they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when

children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a

bunch of social workers.

CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT

FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...

BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF

REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES

TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY

ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...