'Used him as a chew toy': Judge berates mom who 'bragged' and 'Snapchatted' about handcuffing 6-year-old, allowed dog to maul boy

A 28-year-old parent successful Ohio volition walk respective decades down bars aft she "bragged" and "Snapchatted" astir handcuffing her 6-year-old son's hands and feet earlier a ample pit bull "used him arsenic a chew toy," nearly sidesplitting the boy.

Ashland County Common Pleas Court Judge Dave Stimpert connected Monday ordered Angelina Williams to service the maximum sentence of up to 28 1/2 years successful a authorities correctional installation for permitting the horrific mauling of her child.

Williams antecedently pleaded blameworthy to aggregate counts of kidnapping and endangering children.

Two of Williams' co-defendants person besides been convicted of crimes successful transportation to the incident. Last week, Robert Michalski Jr. — who owned the canine arsenic good arsenic the location wherever the onslaught took spot — was recovered blameworthy on aggregate transgression charges, including 2 counts of complicity to perpetrate endangering children and 1 number of tampering with evidence.

Taylor Marvin-Brown, described by prosecutors arsenic Williams' "paramour," successful April pleaded blameworthy to 1 number of obstructing justness and 3 counts of complicity successful committee of a felony for kidnapping and endangering children.

Both co-defendants are scheduled to beryllium sentenced aboriginal this month.

Monday's sentencing proceeding began with Williams' defence attorney, Jennifer Harmon, explaining to the tribunal that she had seen a "marked difference" successful her client's demeanor and that Williams had travel to grips with the severity of her actions and accepted responsibility.

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Williams work a prepared connection — becoming affectional astatine times — arsenic she explained that she understood that her children would "probably haunt them for the remainder of their lives," which she said she would "never" forgive herself for.

Despite Williams agreeing to plead blameworthy to aggregate felonies, prosecutors remained steadfast that the inhumane malevolence of her crimes inactive called for her sentences to beryllium served consecutively.

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Matthew Metcalf emphasized that the unfortunate and his 8-year-old sister were lone with their ma — who does not person ineligible custody implicit them — for a two-week enactment erstwhile the horrific incidental took place.

He said that erstwhile the children did not privation to prime up "dog feces successful the yard," they would beryllium "handcuffed and tied to chairs."

"Handcuffed astatine their ankles; handcuffed astatine their wrists," helium said. "It's unfathomable arsenic acold arsenic egregiousness. I deliberation it's astir apt the worst signifier of the discourtesy you could have."

Speaking of the abuse, Metcalf said that Williams was the "most involved" of the 3 defendants, saying that she adjacent "Snapchatted pictures of the children tied up."

"To me, that's the worst," the authoritative said. "That's an knowing of 'not lone americium I doing this, but I'm benignant of arrogant of it.'"

Stimpert was unwavering successful siding with prosecutors, taking the accidental to lambaste Williams for the harm she caused her ain children.

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"Damian was handcuffed and the pit bull utilized him arsenic a chew artifact and the adults made up a communicative to screen their butts," the justice said. "Except utilizing him arsenic a chew artifact is putting it precise lightly. That canine tried to rip retired his throat. To spot the pictures of the bruising astir his eyes and look from the force, the  unit that that canine enactment connected his pharynx — to spot the wounds connected his neck? I'm not definite determination are words that adequately picture that."

He continued, telling Williams that arsenic the parent of the unfortunate it was her work to support him and his sister, not repeatedly physically and mentally maltreatment them.

"I don't cognize immoderate parent that would deliberation handcuffing a child's hands and feet is simply a bully idea, period," helium said. "Yet not lone did it, you bash it aggregate times, you shared photos of it — fundamentally bragging astir it."

Stimpert said that for the archetypal clip successful his decades-long career, helium watched arsenic "seasoned instrumentality enforcement officers struggled to get done their grounds due to the fact that they were truthful choked up."

As Law&Crime previously reported, the charges against the trio stem from "a disturbing signifier of abuse" that reached an apex connected Aug. 17, 2024, astatine Michalski's location successful Savannah, Ohio.

"Two children — a young lad and his sister — were being periodically restrained utilizing handcuffs and different devices successful Michalski's home," prosecutors antecedently wrote successful a property release. "On August 17, 2024, portion the lad was restrained, helium was attacked by a dog, resulting successful superior carnal injuries."

The lad and his sister, who was besides a unfortunate of abuse, person recovered and are successful the attraction of a ineligible custodian who provides "appropriate enactment and protection," prosecutors said.

Authorities connected that day responded to Michalski's location aft receiving reports of a kid being bitten by a pit bull connected the cervix and ear. Emergency aesculapian unit examined the kid and determined his injuries were superior capable to necessitate an airlift to the hospital.

Williams and Marvin-Brown were astatine the location erstwhile deputies arrived, portion Michalski appeared to person fled the country with the attacking dog. However, helium was aboriginal located hiding with the canine successful an upstairs crawl abstraction with the animal, which was aboriginal deemed "vicious" and confiscated.

Following an investigation, authorities said Michalski, Williams, and Marvin-Brown restrained the lad with handcuffs connected his hands and feet and sicced the canine connected him. Prosecutors said the trio administered "corporal punishment" successful a cruel mode for "a prolonged period" that created a "substantial risk" of carnal harm to the lad and his sister.

Michalski volition beryllium sentenced connected July 21, portion Marvin-Brown volition larn his destiny connected July 14, court records show.