Man arrested for burning, biting, and hitting 18-month-old child
BY JENNIFER CABRERA
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Justin Ivey Lamar Shavers, 19, was arrested yesterday and charged with five separate counts of aggravated child abuse and one count of child neglect with great bodily harm after allegedly burning an 18-month-old with a space heater, biting the child, stabbing the child’s feet with a push pin, hitting the child repeated with a hot cooking pan, and intentionally breaking the child’s arm.
The alleged abuse was discovered when Shavers brought the child to the emergency room; post Miranda, Shavers, who is not related to the child, initially said that he was watching the child while the child’s mother was away and that two masked men with guns had forced their way into his apartment on Wednesday night and again on Thursday morning. He said the masked men forced him at gunpoint to burn the child with a space heater and iron and also forced him to bite the child.
After Gainesville Police Department officers reminded Shavers that there is a camera pointing at his apartment door, Shavers reportedly admitted that there were no masked men and that he had intentionally injured the child because he was frustrated that the child was misbehaving and would not listen to him.
Shavers reportedly detailed five separate incidents in which he injured the child:
- He bit the child four times because the child punched him.
- He pinned the child down on the bed and burned his chest with a space heater because the child peed on the bed.
- He used a small thumb tack or push pin to stab the child’s feet because the child kicked him.
- He took a hot pan he had been cooking with and hit the child repeatedly with it because the child was misbehaving and screaming.
- He said the child fell off the bed and broke his arm; however, medical staff told law enforcement that in their opinion, the broken arm is an inflicted injury, not the result of a fall.
Shavers reportedly said that he did not seek medical attention for the child because he was afraid of getting in trouble, but he purchased bandages and cream to treat the child himself. He was charged with separate counts of aggravated child abuse for each incident detailed above and charged with child neglect for delaying medical treatment.
Bail for Shavers was set at $175,000.
Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
should be thrown in a wood burning stove!
Or a wood chipper ‼️‼️
Another one that needs to be culled from the herd
I hope word gets around in jail about this P.O.S..
Neuter him so he’ll never have to take care of his own kids.
There is something wrong with these young people that think it’s ok to abuse a defenseless child. It is worse when the child is actually their child. Both cases this week show that they chose to harm these the childern based on their lies and attempts to cover up their premeditated actions. The accused need to be sterilized so they can not breed. Twenty or thirty years in prison may be appropriate but nurturing is a must.
Amen my friend let’s do it
This was not his child…as I understand it…he was babysitting……wonder what Momma was doing……?
thug wannabe looking to be a breeding partner.
Good luck lady. Concealed carry otherwise to solve this.
He has his own child himself, so hopefully he learns a lesson after this situation, when dealing with others’ kids.
He has a kid. I hope he is never allowed to be near him again with what he did to that other child. POS….
Pretty crazy. Wonder how he was raised. 👀👀
Wouldn’t doubt he thinks this behavior is acceptable because he was raised to think so.
LOL, BABY DADDY A BABY.
Jesus that person is Crazy a baby..
Dad is that you?
LOCK HIM IN A PIGSTY FOR AS LONG AS HE LIVES!
Public hanging works for me
Went to middle school wit this man wtf
No telling….people change, especially if they use drugs.
I like how he looks like Mr. Tough Guy in his mugshot. I’m sure he’ll look as tough in prison 😁
I don’t believe a word of his story. This man is showing signs of schizophrenia! Making up such a story to suit what he has done is a sure sign of this! I hope he is NOT released pre-trial! This man is a very dangerous person. I hope he gets help.
How can an 18 month child, not ‘kick’ and ‘punch’ ? The baby is learning how to use his muscles and how to control his body! He would not have peed the bed if you had put a diaper on him, you idiot! If you hit a baby with a pan, of course he is going to cry! I hope the courts impose an injunction against you ever having a baby or child under the age of 18 in your custody! Again, you are a stupid, sick in the head person. You need to learn to control your anger and 5hen deal with your “self” issues! A baby cannot “have it out for you”!!!!!!! Watch out for’Bubba”!