Prosecutors To Charge Fairfield Mom Of 10 With Child Abuse

SOLANO COUNTY, CA — Wednesday, nine felony charges of child abuse will be added to a complaint against a Fairfield woman who was arrested for child neglect, Solano County prosecutors said. The amended complaint against 30-year-old Ina Rogers will be filed at 8:30 a.m. in Department 11 of the Law and Justice Center in Fairfield.

Rogers and 29-year-old Fairfield man Jonathan Allen, the father of the couple's 10 children, were arrested after a police investigation, which started with a report on March 31 of a missing 12-year-old child.

Fairfield police said they found the child and searched the couple's Fieldstone Court home where they located nine other children between four months and 11 years old living in squalor and unsafe conditions.

Police said officers, Child Welfare Services and the Solano County District Attorney's office investigated further and found a long and continuous history of severe physical and emotional abuse of the children.

Lt. Greg Hurlbut said the children reported injuries that included burns, bruises, puncture wounds and injuries from a BB gun. They were placed in protective custody with Solano County Child Welfare Services.

Rogers was charged on April 3 with child neglect. She posted $10,000 bond on April 9 and was released.

Allen was arrested Thursday and is charged with seven counts of torture and nine counts of child abuse, Solano County District Attorney Krishna Abrams said. Allen was arraigned Monday and his preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 25.

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By Bay City News Service

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