{"id":2140,"date":"2010-09-24T06:30:30","date_gmt":"2010-09-24T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2010-09-24T12:37:50","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T19:37:50","slug":"centralia-parents-deny-assaulting-infant-and-toddler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=2140","title":{"rendered":"Centralia parents deny assaulting infant and toddler"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker
\nLewis County Sirens news reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

CHEHALIS – A lawyer representing the Centralia parents charged in the case of an infant with broken bones told a judge yesterday there is an issue of a possible genetic condition that could have caused the fractures.<\/p>\n

Defense attorney Chris Baum is the court-appointed attorney for 30-year-old Raymon E. Bell. The mother, Brandi J. Larson, 28, is represented by Mike Underwood, but Baum spoke for both parents yesterday afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court.<\/p>\n

Both pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of second-degree assault of a child involving two children.<\/p>\n

Charging documents describe a 29-day old baby with fractures in her upper left arm, her lower left leg and her right foot. A test also showed the child had THC – an element of marijuana – in its system, according to the documents.<\/p>\n

The findings came after the parents took the newborn to the emergency room at Providence Centralia Hospital on June 20 and a social worker contacted Centralia police.<\/p>\n

Bell reportedly told hospital personnel he was holding the baby and stumbled, causing it to strike its arm and leg.<\/p>\n

The baby has been taken into state custody.<\/p>\n

The charges were initially filed last week, and on Monday, prosecutors added the charges involving a toddler. Those charges allege assault of a 2-year-old occurring in April or May of last year. The nature of that alleged assault is not described in court documents.<\/p>\n

Bell and Larson are being held in the Lewis County Jail on $25,000 bail.<\/p>\n

Baum asked Judge Nelson Hunt yesterday to reduce bail for Bell, a Centralia College student, saying he did have some criminal history that dates back to 2002, but “by and large, he’s been on the straight and narrow.”<\/p>\n

The judge said no. Hunt also declined to reduce bail for the mother – a part time Jack-in-the-Box worker.<\/p>\n

A trial date was set for the first week in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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