MO - Children locked in small, windowless boxes in Farmington home, Aug 2018

[JimmyPerez]

An update:

"Mom" posted $250,000 bond on Sept. 14th, and has been released with GPS monitoring and restrictions that she not have any contact with the children. Her attorney has moved to continue the October 9th Preliminary Hearing because she has documents she needs to review.

"Dad" posted $250,000 bond on Sept. 10th with no GPS monitoring and no restrictions. Preliminary hearing remains set for October 9th.

 

[Niner]

Thank you @JimmyPerez!

 

[JimmyPerez]

Court granted Motions to Continue Preliminary Hearing for both "mom" and "dad" today, moving those hearings from October 9th to December 11th.

Further updates when I get them.

 

[JimmyPerez]

Preliminary hearings for both "mom" and "dad" now continued to December 20, 2018 at 1:30 p.m.

 

[Niner]

Thank you for the update JimmyPerez!

 

[JimmyPerez]

Preliminary hearings for both "parents" now continued until February 7, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. Central.

 

[Niner]

JimmyPerez for all the updates that you have provided! Very much appreciated!

to you & yours!

 

[JimmyPerez]

View attachment 160667 JimmyPerez for all the updates that you have provided! Very much appreciated!

to you & yours!

My pleasure, Niner. Thanks for keeping on top of soooo many cases for us!

 

[Niner]

Thursday, February 7th:
*Prelim Hearing for both (@ 1:30pm CT) – MO – 4 children (3 girls & 1 boy, ages 5 to 12 locked in small windowless boxes discovered 8/7/18, Farmington) – *Laura Elizabeth Cheatham (38) (adopted “mom”) arrested & charged (8/7/18) with 5 counts of endangering the welfare of a child & 3 counts of 2nd degree kidnapping. $500K bond; bond reduced (8/28/18) to $250K.
Cheatham posted $250,000 bond on 9/14/18, & has been released with GPS monitoring & restrictions that she not have any contact with the children. Her attorney has moved to continue the October 9th Preliminary Hearing because she has documents she needs to review.
*Daryl Justen Head (38) (mom’s bf) arrested & charged (8/7/18) with 5 counts of endangering the welfare of a child & 3 counts of 2nd degree kidnapping. $500K bond; bond reduced (8/28/18) to $250K.
Head posted $250,000 bond on 9/10/18 with no GPS monitoring and no restrictions.
10/5/18 Update: for both: Motions for Continuance of Preliminary hearing granted. 10/9 preliminary hearing reset for 12/11. Preliminary hearing continued to 12/20. 12/19/18: Preliminary hearing has been moved to 2/7/19 for both.

 

[Pop Pop]

they don't need be let out on bond . for adopted children their needs to be susprized home inspections for at least 2 years or longer. a lot times when DFS comes out they give them notice gives the people time hide and clean up stuff they need the element of susprize

 

[Niner]

Calling @JimmyPerez - any updates on court dates?

TIA!

 

[JimmyPerez]

Calling @JimmyPerez - any updates on court dates?

Still have not received a docket update notice from the court. Checked the online database last week and just now and no updates posted yet. We have been having some bad wintry weather and it is a smaller, rural county so that may explain their delay in updating the docket.

I do receive the auto-updates from the court on these cases (when they get around to sending them) and will update when I hear.

 

[Niner]

Okay - thanks for checking for me JimmyPerez! Much appreciated.

 

[JimmyPerez]

Finally got the update from the court system. Both cases had their hearing continued to February 19th at 1:30 p.m.

 

[abeaman02]

Thanks Jimmy Perez for the great uodates

 

[Niner]

Yes JimmyPerez - Thanks!

 

[rosesfromangels]

Yes thank you to JimmyP for the updates.

I *really* want to bring back public stockades and public shaming (in *addition* to prison) for these types of crimes against children and society.
Once a month round em' up, take them to a prominent public square, put them in a stockade, and let the citizenry have their say.
I think the fresh air would do them good.

Amateur opinion and speculation only

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, February 19th:
*Prelim Hearing for both (@ 1:30pm CT) – MO – 4 children (3 girls & 1 boy, ages 5 to 12 locked in small windowless boxes discovered 8/7/18, Farmington) – *Laura Elizabeth Cheatham (38) (adopted “mom”) arrested & charged (8/7/18) with 5 counts of endangering the welfare of a child & 3 counts of 2nd degree kidnapping. $500K bond; bond reduced (8/28/18) to $250K.
Cheatham posted $250,000 bond on 9/14/18, & has been released with GPS monitoring & restrictions that she not have any contact with the children. Her attorney has moved to continue the October 9th Preliminary Hearing because she has documents she needs to review.
*Daryl Justen Head (38) (mom’s bf) arrested & charged (8/7/18) with 5 counts of endangering the welfare of a child & 3 counts of 2nd degree kidnapping. $500K bond; bond reduced (8/28/18) to $250K.
Head posted $250,000 bond on 9/10/18 with no GPS monitoring and no restrictions.
10/5/18 Update: for both: Motions for Continuance of Preliminary hearing granted. 10/9 preliminary hearing reset for 12/11. Preliminary hearing continued to 12/20. 12/19/18: Preliminary hearing has been moved to 2/7/19 for both.
2/7/19 Update: Hearing continued to 2/19 for both.

 

[JimmyPerez]

Judge granted both "parents" motion to alter their bond conditions. Only change is that they are no longer required to have GPS monitoring. (Yikes!)

Next court date for both is March 21 at 1:30 p.m. One docket says it is the preliminary hearing, the other says it's to set a preliminary hearing. My guess is it's the former. We shall see.

 

[Niner]

Thanks JimmyPerez!