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A Larimer County judge also ordered Yachik to perform 80 hours of community service and to undergo a domestic violence evaluation to determine if he will be required to participate in a domestic violence-treatment program.
According to court records, the girl told Loveland police investigators that Yachik abused her almost daily for years. The abuse allegedly included restraining her hands with handcuffs or plastic zip ties and then slamming her head into a wall hard enough to leave a hole and choking her until she blacked out, according to a Loveland Police Department arrest affidavit.
The girl also said he beat her with ropes, restricted her food, shackled her in a darkened room for hours and force-fed her "ghost pepper sauce" that's roughly 10 times hotter than habanero peppers, the affidavit said.
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this scumbag got off far too lightly.
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CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)Assuming the book was the collected wisdom of Sarah Palin.
Cops get away with rape and murder so I guess a little child beating is just a wink and a nod kind of crime.
lame54
(35,295 posts)fizzgig
(24,146 posts)it was his daughter and his then-fiance got video of it and gave it to his chief, but nothing happened until she escalated it.
lame54
(35,295 posts)she is repeatedly referred to as the girl
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)more background
redqueen
(115,103 posts)There is a pattern here.
redqueen
(115,103 posts)bluesbassman
(19,375 posts)What a POS.
Sounds like the only good news out of this story is that the Berthoud police chief resigned and the department was shut down and police services contracted through the Sheriff's department.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)but the sheriff's department here is pretty crummy, too, imo.
bluesbassman
(19,375 posts)My city contracts with our county sheriff and the deal is that we get to pick the best for local officers, so we usually get people that have been in the department for a long time. The problem deputies are the ones that come straight out of the mandatory time they have to spend serving at the county jail when they join. Makes them pretty cynical until they have a few years working with the general public. The good ones adapt, the bad ones - well you know the story.
I'd love to see that chief charged, but my guess is he made a deal that included his resignation. That whole sad story really stinks.
Lochloosa
(16,066 posts)fizzgig
(24,146 posts)i don't care that he resigned.
redqueen
(115,103 posts)Why are these misdemeanors?
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)it's assault, pure and simple. he should be in prison. effer might serve half his sentence because the county jail is packed.
redqueen
(115,103 posts)The fact that she wakes up screaming indicates that there may be much more in her past that she is not ready to deal with yet.
progressoid
(49,991 posts)Well, that's just fine then. 30 days and you're free to go!
Monster
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)County jail is too full. Loves his daughter my left foot.