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Gary man: I don't remember sex with young relative
Paternity tests show adoptive dad fathered teen's two children
By Marisa Kwiatkowski - marisa.kwiatkowski@nwi.com, (219) 662-5333 | Posted: Friday, January 1, 2010 12:05 am | (7) Comments
CROWN POINT | Elijah Roberson said he does not remember having sex with his underage blood relative, Lake Criminal Court records state.The 47-year-old Gary man told Lake County police he used to drink a lot and has mental health issues, the court records state.
Roberson was charged this week with four felonies -- two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor and one count each of child molesting and incest. Roberson is accused of having a more than four-year sexual relationship with the young female relative, which produced two children, court records state.
Roberson denied the sexual relationship with his biological relative but later told police that if paternity tests indicate he is the children's father, he would take responsibility and provide them with financial support, court records state.
The tests confirmed Roberson was the father with 99.9 percent certainty, prosecutors said.
Roberson and his wife at the time adopted the girl in the early part of the decade in Kern County, Calif. Before that, the girl lived in a foster home in Indiana.
Roberson was able to adopt the girl despite a 1994 felony conviction for armed robbery. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and released in 1999, court records show.
more at link:
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/413c1c32-fffa-5796-b715-681b6aada143.html
This should have never happened! How is a convicted felon allowed to adopt a child? Never mind he doesn't remember, my azz, he doesn't remember.
I can only hope this teen mother gets the help she needs, as well as the babies. What a shame the systems to protect our children failed this young mother so miserably.
I'm still floored a convicted felon was allowed to adopt this child.
Paternity tests show adoptive dad fathered teen's two children
By Marisa Kwiatkowski - marisa.kwiatkowski@nwi.com, (219) 662-5333 | Posted: Friday, January 1, 2010 12:05 am | (7) Comments
CROWN POINT | Elijah Roberson said he does not remember having sex with his underage blood relative, Lake Criminal Court records state.The 47-year-old Gary man told Lake County police he used to drink a lot and has mental health issues, the court records state.
Roberson was charged this week with four felonies -- two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor and one count each of child molesting and incest. Roberson is accused of having a more than four-year sexual relationship with the young female relative, which produced two children, court records state.
Roberson denied the sexual relationship with his biological relative but later told police that if paternity tests indicate he is the children's father, he would take responsibility and provide them with financial support, court records state.
The tests confirmed Roberson was the father with 99.9 percent certainty, prosecutors said.
Roberson and his wife at the time adopted the girl in the early part of the decade in Kern County, Calif. Before that, the girl lived in a foster home in Indiana.
Roberson was able to adopt the girl despite a 1994 felony conviction for armed robbery. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and released in 1999, court records show.
more at link:
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/413c1c32-fffa-5796-b715-681b6aada143.html
This should have never happened! How is a convicted felon allowed to adopt a child? Never mind he doesn't remember, my azz, he doesn't remember.
I can only hope this teen mother gets the help she needs, as well as the babies. What a shame the systems to protect our children failed this young mother so miserably.
I'm still floored a convicted felon was allowed to adopt this child.