Belleville Man Has Criminal History
POSTED: Thursday, April 1, 2010
UPDATED: 7:13 pm EDT April 1,2010
DETROIT -- A 27-year-old man is accused of using his 2-year-old daughter as a shield from a police Taser.
Christina Cox said her ex-husband, Joseph Cox, showed up to her home on the 23000 block of Bolam Street in Warren on Saturday demanding diapers for their daughter, Chloe.
The two share custody of the toddler.
Cox said her ex-husband became aggressive when she wouldn't let him into the house, even though she had already given him diapers.
"He was holding Chloe in his arms and he was pushing this way, but I wasn't pushing him because he had her on the outer arm," Christina Cox said. "I was just trying to get him out of my house."
She said he eventually left and she filed a police report.
Joseph Cox's mother lives on the same street. An hour later, police found him hiding there.
Warren police Detective Cortland Larry said the man wasn't cooperating with police and they were forced to threaten him with Tasers. Larry said officers pointed their Tasers at Joseph Cox, he turned to his daughter.
"He grabbed the 2-year-old child from underneath the arms, lifted her up and held her between him and the officers," Larry said. "He kept moving the child as the officers were trying to get a different position."
Larry said the child's grandmother eventually took the girl and Joseph Cox was arrested without police needing to use their Tasers.
Joseph Cox is facing second-degree child abuse, third-degree home invasion and resisting arrest charges.
"He says he loves his daughter and he tried to fight me so hard for custody, but then to do something like that, it's mind-blowing," Christina Cox said.
Joseph Cox's preliminary exam is scheduled for April 8.
From: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/23023645/detail.html
Saturday, April 3, 2010
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