MOM ARRESTED FOR FOUR YEAR OLD SON'S DEATH...

The Will County state's attorney's office said Tiana M. Wallace, 25, has been charged with endangering the life or health of a child, a Class 3 felony that carries a prison sentence of two to 10 years. Probation is also a sentencing option. Her bond has been set at $175,000.

At 11:38 p.m. April 7, someone noticed smoke coming from the door of Wallace's first-floor apartment at 316 N. Bluff St. in the Evergreen Terrace complex. Her son, Omariya Dishman, was inside.

"It appears the door was locked and the child was unable to unlock the door to get out," Police Chief Fred Hayes said.

As the first police officer arrived in the hallway, several people were trying to get the door open and one man kicked it in, but the thick black smoke kept anyone from going inside before firefighters arrived moments later, reports said.

Firefighters used a thermal imager to search the unit and went past a small kitchen and living room area turning (along the "L"-shaped layout) to face the master bedroom where the smoke was coming from. Omariya was found unresponsive lying on the floor in the bedroom next to the master bedroom.

"It's likely he was already deceased prior to the firefighters' arrival," Fire Chief Joe Formhals said.

The fire was contained to the single-unit and put out shortly before midnight.

Investigation

Following Omariya's death, firefighters and police detectives from the Arson Task Force began investigating the blaze.

"Our investigation has shown Tiana Wallace had left the boy unattended in the apartment for a half-hour to an hour before the fire began," Hayes said. "Although she was still in the building, she had gone up to a friend's apartment on the fourth-floor where she was socializing with at least five other people and was alerted to the fire by someone pounding on the door."

Formhals said the fire appears to have started accidentally.

"It wasn't set intentionally and we have ruled out an electrical cause. We believe it started from smoking materials on or under the bed, but without an eyewitness we can't rule out the child wasn't playing with matches or the mother had left a cigarette," he said.

The mattress that burned was mostly plastic and other materials that sent out a thick, toxic smoke very quickly, reports said.

"This is just a tragic reminder — don't leave your kids unattended," Formhals said.

"The mother's behavior clearly endangered the safety of her child," Hayes agreed.

Hayes said detectives interviewed residents of the complex and Wallace was aware of the investigation.

Police and the state's attorney's office notified the media of the arrest warrant early Tuesday afternoon and said they were seeking her whereabouts.

Around 5 p.m. Wallace reportedly called detectives and said she was tired of being on the news and would be coming down to turn herself in at the police station.

At 6:15 p.m. Wallace arrived at the front desk where her mother, sister and aunt were waiting for the wheelchair-bound suspect to arrive.

Wallace was reportedly advised of her rights, and refused to be interviewed without an attorney. She was booked into the county jail.---http://www.surburbanchicagonews.com/

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TENNESSEE COUPLE BEATEN BY SON-IN-LAW...SUSPECT CAPTURED

WOMAN WHO MURDERED HER BABY BY CUTTING OFF ARMS IS BACK IN MENTAL HOSPITAL..

Dena Schlosser, the former Collin County woman who killed her baby by cutting off her arms but was found not guilty by reason of insanity, is back in a state mental hospital.

Schlosser, 41, was formally ordered back to Terrell State Hospital on Thursday by State District Judge Chris Oldner, said her attorney, David Haynes, but she has been under care there for several weeks.

"She was found in Richardson by firefighters there in March," Haynes said. "She was walking down the street at 2 in the morning."

Collin County prosecutors could not be reached for comment.

Haynes said Schlosser, who was released from state care by Oldner in November 2008, had been free on an outpatient maintenance basis that required her to keep up with her medications, among other things. He said that she had basically abided by the requirements until recently.

"She had been pursuing her outpatient treatment plans," Haynes said. "She had a job, and she was working to the satisfaction of her employer. But we can't hide the fact that she was walking down the street at 2 in the morning, and I can't say that I disagree with the judge's decision."

In November 2004, Schlosser was arrested after telling police she sliced off her 10-month-old daughter's arms with a kitchen knife. She told psychiatrists that God had told her to sever the child's limbs.

Schlosser, who has two older children but is forbidden by her 2007 divorce decree from having contact with them, was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis and depression after the home birth of her youngest child.

Her first capital murder trial ended in a hung jury. In April 2006, Oldner found her not guilty by reason of insanity. ---http://www.dallasnews.com/

MAN PULLS GUN TO BE WITH ANOTHER MAN'S GIRL

It started off as a discussion between two men about a woman, but according to authorities things allegedly got a little out of hand when one of the men said he wanted to be with the other's girlfriend and brandished a 9mm handgun to punctuate how serious he was.

According to an Alcoa police report, a 28-year-old Louisville man told officers that he was at Subway eating with an acquaintance — a 27-year-old Maryville man — and when the two got in the car to leave, “(the victim) stated that he became upset with (the suspect's) statements about wanting to be with the (victim's) girlfriend.”

But things didn't stop there, as the 27-year-old allegedly pulled out a 9mm Glock handgun — for which he currently has a valid gun permit — at about 11:30 p.m. Friday, according to the report.

“(The victim) stated that (the suspect) pulled out a black 9mm Glock handgun and pointed (it) at him,” the report said. “(The victim) stated that (the suspect) told him that he was serious.”--http://www.dailytimes.com/