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Walnut Hill Man Sentenced For Battery On His Son
January 26, 2011
A Walnut Hill man has been found guilty on one misdemeanor battery charge after a summer 2009 incident in which he allegedly beat his son with a stick.
Andrew Kelly Freeman, 41, was sentenced to 12 months probation, ordered to enroll in an anger control counseling program, and ordered to not have contact with his sons. Child abuse and felony aggravated battery charges against Freeman were dropped.
According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, Freeman’s 14 and 17 year old sons, who lived at the time with their mother in Georgia, were visiting Freeman at his home in the 7000 block of Occie Phillips Road.
The two boys decided to walk to a nearby house to call their mother to pick them up when Freeman reportedly pulled up in his pickup truck behind the boys and told them to put their bags in the truck and return to his residence. When the 14-year old victim refused, Freeman reportedly struck him multiple times on the back with a stick, breaking the stick. Freeman also grabbed the boy and punched him in the face with closed fist, according to the Sheriff’s Office report.
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17 Responses to “Walnut Hill Man Sentenced For Battery On His Son”
Yall leave Andy lone.
Another lost soul and destroyed family.
Another opportunity for prayer for this man’s family and his soul, that he may turn his life around and find the True Path of the Living God.
Lord, help him, his children, and his whole family, that they may healed and be brought into full communion with You. This I pray in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
child abuse to the max
Jenn
They never are dear. I’m sure the first time this guy hit one of his young sons
it was not a public beating with a stick and a fist right in the face. I have
no doubt this guys physical abuse is a long sad tale that his sons could
tell you and I’m sure the law has seen much of his abuse of the law.
No not Andy! Has anyone looked at the rap sheet on this guy? He is NO Stranger to the law by ANY means!
Terri Sanders
Your right on the target yourself. If he is such a good guy in public he doesn’t
need anger management he needs counseling on how to relate with his children
If he is not interested in that then he doesn’t want a good relationship with his
children just with the people at work and his neighbors.
I’m sorry to hear they didn’t have enough of a case to charge him more so the
children felt they have justice. Then again at least they will have no regrets about
what happened to their father especially if they should have acted a little different themselves.
They are just children however, and their father is the adult and should have
handled himself in a whole different maner, but then if he had acted like a grown
up his children probably would not have been hitting the road.
with that look on his face, you can see hatred and anger aimed at someone….he needs to be canned himself….and in this neck of the woods, he better be looking over his shoulder, those boys will grow into men one day……jus sayin
He should have at least received what he dished out to his kids.
yep, this is our wonderful judical system, isn’t it great, poor children ! I pray God protects them !
The state attorney didn’t have enough for a strong case and the boys would have had to come back to florida and testify.Hard to testify against your parent months after the attack.i will share something about anger management classes that my pastor shared with me.If you can control your anger on the job or in public,you don’t need any classes.
Bill2,
I know you find it hard to believe but some parents actually do beat their kids. Just because Daddy said he didn’t do or the kid needed it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. I’m all for a good butt whipping but not with a stick on the back or some grown man hitting a kid in the face with a closed fist. You and I were not there so we don’t know what happened. If they were going to neighbors house to call home then they must’ve had a good reason. Maybe he didn’t want to get told on!!
I hope your not threatning to beat the State Attorney.
>Are you sure it wasn’t a switch and not a stick or the butt and not the back ?
According to the Sheriff’s Office report: “a bamboo-like stick, swinging at him multiple times and striking him on the back…the stick breaking over his back”.
Are you sure it wasn’t a switch and not a stick or the butt and not the back ?
Oversight your right on target. I’m thinking we need a new state attorney.
It’s like someone said two days ago, “beat your wife and kids NO PROBLEM”.
We need to clean house on people who still live by the archic rules of only
the strong survive. Everyone deserves to have a decent chance at life and
that doesn’t include people who can’t have a relationship with anyone without
reducing to violence.
THESE CHARGES SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN REDUCED. MAYBE THE STATE ATTORNEY NEEDS TO BE BEAT WITH A STICK TILL IT BREAKS AND
SEE WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT IT THEN!
Children do not ask to be brought into this cruel world, How could someone be so cruel? I think he needs more punishment than just the little that he has gotten!!!
Way to go, Dad; NOT! And for the State Attorney for reducing the charges, you have weak moral standards in protecting children and the community.