Jana Duggar Charged With Endangering the Welfare of a Minor, Sept 2021 *Guilty*

[Springrain]

Thank you, I appreciate it.

I have been looking at various articles to try to put together a picture of what is going on.

I think the information is so new that there is some confusion on the facts when it gets reported in MSM.

We need to keep checking, see if we can get the true story. There is a Court Site with the Docket information. This would be the most update and accurate information if we can find it.

When checking articles I look to see if they even mention the Docket.

The court docket has no info that we don't know yet.

 

[Cool Cats]

The court docket has no info that we don't know yet.

Well it could clear up the conflicting information of:

1.) She took a plea deal.

OR

2.) She has a bench trial before the Judge on January 10th.

 

[Springrain]

Well it could clear up the conflicting information of:

1.) She took a plea deal.

OR

2.) She has a bench trial before the Judge on January 10th.

Oh gotcha lol. I'll try to find it again.

 

[Springrain]

Well it could clear up the conflicting information of:

1.) She took a plea deal.

OR

2.) She has a bench trial before the Judge on January 10th.

OK, here is the court docket. It indicates that she plead not guilty, bailed out for $430, and has the bench trial on January 10. I cropped out the top, since it has her address on it (her business address but still). I hope this follows the rules and can stay up.

 

[Arkay]

OK, here is the court docket. It indicates that she plead not guilty, bailed out for $430, and has the bench trial on January 10. I cropped out the top, since it has her address on it (her business address but still). I hope this follows the rules and can stay up.

And it lists a minor charge for jail fee...so she was locked up briefly, or is that just an automatic fee? I hate to think of her being handcuffed and the whole deal, when IMO I've always felt she was unfairly treated as the involuntary babysitter to everyone else's children.

What's grievous to me is that every article I've seen about whatever happened here, every single article ends up talking about Josh and his CSAM. Whatever is going on with Jana, I don't think she deserves to be tarred with the Josh brush. I understand whatever the situation with Jana was on September 9th---I wonder if she had gotten this endangerment charge and there was no Josh, would this have been just a local Arkansas story? I know she's part of a famous family, but would Jana's problem have received as much attention otherwise? We will never know.

If I were Jana, whatever is the outcome of her court case, I would wash my hands of this family and never again be responsible for any child that was not my own. IMO she doesn't need to be everyone else's servant.

 

[Shamrock1]

My first guess - as the parent of extremely active children - is that the child slipped away unnoticed and was found by the witness JH.

My second guess is that this is not the first time that a young child being cared for at the residence has been found off-property, like a street or neighboring property (cars, garages, and sheds can be dangerous). A first-time lapse in supervision probably wouldn’t result in a charge.

JMO. Glad no one was hurt.

 

[Lusitana]

Charges would be filed by CPS or LE or a parent.

This is probably related to one of Josh's kids. They are probably being monitored by CPS, correct? So, something minor like one of them wandering out to the street could be way more serious than if it happened to another kid. Just wondering here.

 

[Springrain]

And it lists a minor charge for jail fee...so she was locked up briefly, or is that just an automatic fee? I hate to think of her being handcuffed and the whole deal, when IMO I've always felt she was unfairly treated as the involuntary babysitter to everyone else's children.

What's grievous to me is that every article I've seen about whatever happened here, every single article ends up talking about Josh and his CSAM. Whatever is going on with Jana, I don't think she deserves to be tarred with the Josh brush. I understand whatever the situation with Jana was on September 9th---I wonder if she had gotten this endangerment charge and there was no Josh, would this have been just a local Arkansas story? We will never know.

I am honestly unsure if she was sent to jail briefly. I know people were looking for a possible mugshot online, but nobody found anything. I kind of think she must have been booked because she had to bail out. But IDK.

I do think bringing this up with the Josh situation is really unfair for her. If there wasn't the whole Josh thing going on it probably wouldn't have come to light.

This is probably related to one of Josh's kids. They are probably being monitored by CPS, correct? So, something minor like one of them wandering out to the street could be way more serious than if it happened to another kid. Just wondering here.

It's possible IMO. The only thing I'm certain of is that the charge isn't related to her letting kids around Josh, because it would be way more serious and he would've broken the conditions of his bond, but that doesn't mean it wasn't related to him insofar as they were his kids. There's so many Duggar kids to keep track of that it is hard to know.

 

[Cool Cats]

OK, here is the court docket. It indicates that she plead not guilty, bailed out for $430, and has the bench trial on January 10. I cropped out the top, since it has her address on it (her business address but still). I hope this follows the rules and can stay up.

Thanks.
Should be fine if you provide link to court site.

 

[Springrain]

Thanks.
Should be fine if you provide link to court site.

Someone on another site, which I can't link, found it from the Arkansas court records. I myself looked Jana up on an Arkansas court records website last night and found the case (Although all it said was her name, DOB, and the charge, which was not very helpful), but I couldn't find the website again in my browser history for some reason.

 

[Cool Cats]

This is probably related to one of Josh's kids. They are probably being monitored by CPS, correct? So, something minor like one of them wandering out to the street could be way more serious than if it happened to another kid. Just wondering here.

There is no reason for CPS to be monitoring Josh's kids. The only monitoring was Josh being on electronic monitoring through the court and he couldn't see his kids without Anna being present.

Perhaps Jana was watching the witnesse's kids or the witness found a child who wandered off and LE pressed charges. The person who found the child automatically becomes a witness in the case. Speculation only.

 

[Lusitana]

There is no reason for CPS to be monitoring Josh's kids. The only monitoring was Josh being on electronic monitoring through the court and he couldn't see his kids without Anna being present.

Perhaps Jana was watching the witnesse's kids or the witness found a child who wandered off and LE pressed charges. The person who found the child automatically becomes a witness in the case. Speculation only.

We don't know if there is no reason for CPS to be monitoring Josh's kids. In my opinion, they should be monitored because their father is a known pedophile and sex offender, which makes me think that MAYBE CPS should keep an eye on them, even if the court is monitoring the situation or whatever.

 

[Simply Southern]

Wow. Interesting.

What we now know - MSM Sources:

1.) Happened September 9th
2.) 3:01pm
3.) At the Duggar home in Springdale, Arkansas
4.) Charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Minor a third degree misdemeanor
5.) Bail was set at $430
6.) Her attorney entered a not guilty plea on September 23rd
7.) Trial by Judge pushed from October to January 10th
8.) Attorney is Gregory F. Payne
9.) Witness is Jason Hart

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I noticed a heavy equipment company next door to the Duggar estate. The properties join. I was surprised to see a business next door.

Speculation only...could the child have wondered over to this business and they contacted LE or into the road? This appears to be the only property even close. The witness does not appear to be a family member from the last name. Sept 9th was a Thursday, so they were probably open.
Could the witness have arrived at the house to perform work or deliver a package and found a child unattended?

I'm sticking with wandering off, it happens frequently. They can disappear in the twinkle of an eye.
So many scenarios possible when it comes to little kids.
Moo....

 

[Cool Cats]

We don't know if there is no reason for CPS to be monitoring Josh's kids. In my opinion, they should be monitored because their father is a known pedophile and sex offender, which makes me think that MAYBE CPS should keep an eye on them, even if the court is monitoring the situation or whatever.

Well Josh is away from the kids now so no need for anyone to monitor them.

They will be monitored in the visiting room now unless they stick just to remote visits.

 

[CharlestonGal]

This is probably related to one of Josh's kids. They are probably being monitored by CPS, correct? So, something minor like one of them wandering out to the street could be way more serious than if it happened to another kid. Just wondering here.

Agreed. Also, the youngest Duggar child is 11 years old. IF this was simply a case of a child wandering, I don't think someone would be charged over an 11 year old. IF it was wandering, it was likely a grandchild, of which there are 22 at present. jmo

 

[Springrain]

Agreed. Also, the youngest Duggar child is 11 years old. IF this was simply a case of a child wandering, I don't think someone would be charged over an 11 year old. IF it was wandering, it was likely a grandchild, of which there are 22 at present. jmo

Yeah, no way IMO that it was a Duggar child if it was a case of a kid wandering away. It would have to be a grandkid or another kid.

 

[CharlestonGal]

Well Josh is away from the kids now so no need for anyone to monitor them.

They will be monitored in the visiting room now unless they stick just to remote visits.

I'm not familiar with AR reporting requirements, but I would think (hope!) a referral would be made by the court to CPS when they bail a child sex abuse defendant when said defendant has 6 children and is allowed contact with those 6 children while out on bail.

I hope. jmo

ETA: I know the wandering child rumor has grown legs and is trampling the city, but we have absolutely no verification that is remotely true. The reporting witness could just as easily be a CPS worker who noted a concern. Or a responding medic to an incident. Or a family friend who noted a concern. At this point, everything beyond the fact Jana was charged with child endangerment/3rd degree is pure speculation.

 

[mickey2942]

I was speculating if someone had come to do a follow-up home visit for the Duggars most recent adopted son, Tyler.

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Speculation only.

 

[Springrain]

I'm not familiar with AR reporting requirements, but I would think (hope!) a referral would be made by the court to CPS when they bail a child sex abuse defendant when said defendant has 6 children and is allowed contact with those 6 children while out on bail.

I hope. jmo

ETA: I know the wandering child rumor has grown legs and is trampling the city, but we have absolutely no verification that is remotely true. The reporting witness could just as easily be a CPS worker who noted a concern. Or a responding medic to an incident. Or a family friend who noted a concern. At this point, everything beyond the fact Jana was charged with child endangerment/3rd degree is pure speculation.

There is just lots of potential for kids on the Duggar compound to meet some sort of (non-lethal) harm if they are being unsupervised. And, to some extent, that is the truth for any living situation where there are that many kids involved. There are 9 Duggar children still living at home, in addition to the great-nephew they have custody over (pushing them to 10), 4 of whom are legal adults, with 31-year-old Jana being the only adult female still at home. The youngest Duggar child is 12. However, there are 20 grandchildren (the youngest of whom is 12) who live in Arkansas/relatively close to the compound, and a lot of these grandchildren spend a lot of time at the compound. There's a possibility of the grandchildren having playdates and being watched with friends, with no familial relation to the Duggars, at the compound. If you add the Duggars still at home plus all the grandchildren, that's 29. If there's other kids from the church or wherever else, it's 30+! So much potential for kids getting into all sorts of trouble with the big house and the big property, and that's without taking into consideration kids getting access to firearms not locked in a safe, standard household chemicals like cleaning products not locked up (for the grandkids), kids wandering off the property, possibly wandering outside and getting abducted by a stranger or hit by a car (obviously this didn't happen, thank God: my point is it could happen). This problem is amplified if there is an occasion like a pregnancy announcement, engagement announcement, gender reveal party, birthday party, etc. in the house, because there is always a lot of people crammed in for those. Since Jana was the only adult charged with child endangerment, I'm assuming there weren't any other adults there and there wasn't any such event, but even if she was just watching a lot of kids and/or grandkids and/or other unrelated children, there is definitely potential for just not being able to keep 100% attention on all of them at once. Heck, I'm a soon to be teacher and have spent a lot of time working in classrooms and other educational settings, and it's hard for teachers with bachelor's and master's degrees in this stuff to keep an eye on 30+ kids at once, much less someone with no formal training, in a much less restricted and structured environment than a classroom/school! JMO IMO only.

 

[CharlestonGal]

There is just lots of potential for kids on the Duggar compound to meet some sort of (non-lethal) harm if they are being unsupervised. And, to some extent, that is the truth for any living situation where there are that many kids involved. There are 9 Duggar children still living at home, in addition to the great-nephew they have custody over (pushing them to 10), 4 of whom are legal adults, with 31-year-old Jana being the only adult female still at home. The youngest Duggar child is 12. However, there are 20 grandchildren (the youngest of whom is 12) who live in Arkansas/relatively close to the compound, and a lot of these grandchildren spend a lot of time at the compound. There's a possibility of the grandchildren having playdates and being watched with friends, with no familial relation to the Duggars, at the compound. If you add the Duggars still at home plus all the grandchildren, that's 29. If there's other kids from the church or wherever else, it's 30+! So much potential for kids getting into all sorts of trouble with the big house and the big property, and that's without taking into consideration kids getting access to firearms not locked in a safe, standard household chemicals like cleaning products not locked up (for the grandkids), kids wandering off the property, possibly wandering outside and getting abducted by a stranger or hit by a car (obviously this didn't happen, thank God: my point is it could happen). This problem is amplified if there is an occasion like a pregnancy announcement, engagement announcement, gender reveal party, birthday party, etc. in the house, because there is always a lot of people crammed in for those. Since Jana was the only adult charged with child endangerment, I'm assuming there weren't any other adults there and there wasn't any such event, but even if she was just watching a lot of kids and/or grandkids and/or other unrelated children, there is definitely potential for just not being able to keep 100% attention on all of them at once. Heck, I'm a soon to be teacher and have spent a lot of time working in classrooms and other educational settings, and it's hard for teachers with bachelor's and master's degrees in this stuff to keep an eye on 30+ kids at once, much less someone with no formal training, in a much less restricted and structured environment than a classroom/school! JMO IMO only.

I hear you, sister (or brother). But there is nothing in law that prevents one having 19 kids and 22 grandkids at home with only one adult supervising. The rules for teachers and daycare situations place legal limitations on such things, but there is no such law for compounds such as the Duggers. Common sense would tell you such a setup is a recipe for disaster, but the law allows it. Until after something happens. Only then can the law do something about it. After a child is harmed or dead, but not until then. jmo