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04-07-2005, 12:16 PM
I know that apologies don't heal what I've done," Anthony Meineke said during his sentencing hearing in Marion Superior Court. "I know, no matter how bad I wish to, I can't take back what I've done. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry."
Meineke, 19, pleaded guilty to seven counts of battery in connection with beating, scalding and biting his then-16-week-old daughter Alexia in February and March 2004.
Accepting a plea agreement, Superior Court Judge Patricia Gifford sentenced Meineke to 40 years in prison plus 10 years probation.
Gifford also ordered Meineke to have no contact with Alexia, her mother or her mother's family. Alexia, 1, can choose to contact her father after she turns 18.
Meineke's mother and grandmother testified that he has suffered from mental illness since he was a child.
"He never could take the screaming. He never could take the outbursts unless it was his own," Meineke's grandmother Sherry Conaway testified, noting he has long had difficulty controlling his anger.
On March 19, 2004, Meineke was caring for Alexia in a Lawrence home in the 5800 block of Lawton Loop, West Drive, when he poured two pitchers of hot water over her because she would not stop crying.
Meineke also admitted to biting, punching and squeezing the child, leaving her with bruises, broken ribs and a fractured skull.
Meineke told detectives that hurting the child made him feel good, Special Prosecutor Kristina Korobov said.
"He made the choice to hurt her over and over again," Korobov said
http://www.indystar.com/articles/1/235024-9711-009.html
Meineke, 19, pleaded guilty to seven counts of battery in connection with beating, scalding and biting his then-16-week-old daughter Alexia in February and March 2004.
Accepting a plea agreement, Superior Court Judge Patricia Gifford sentenced Meineke to 40 years in prison plus 10 years probation.
Gifford also ordered Meineke to have no contact with Alexia, her mother or her mother's family. Alexia, 1, can choose to contact her father after she turns 18.
Meineke's mother and grandmother testified that he has suffered from mental illness since he was a child.
"He never could take the screaming. He never could take the outbursts unless it was his own," Meineke's grandmother Sherry Conaway testified, noting he has long had difficulty controlling his anger.
On March 19, 2004, Meineke was caring for Alexia in a Lawrence home in the 5800 block of Lawton Loop, West Drive, when he poured two pitchers of hot water over her because she would not stop crying.
Meineke also admitted to biting, punching and squeezing the child, leaving her with bruises, broken ribs and a fractured skull.
Meineke told detectives that hurting the child made him feel good, Special Prosecutor Kristina Korobov said.
"He made the choice to hurt her over and over again," Korobov said
http://www.indystar.com/articles/1/235024-9711-009.html