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  1-Year-Old Is Killed, and Mother’s Boyfriend Is Arrested The infant, Legacy Beauford, was killed in the Bronx. In Brooklyn, a 4-year-old boy died after being found unconscious in a hallway. The boys’ murders follow the death of 7-year-old Julissia Batties, who was killed last month at the Mitchel Houses in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx. Credit... Desiree Rios for The New York Times By  Ashley Southall  and  Chelsia Rose Marcius Sept. 12, 2021 The night before 1-year-old Legacy Beauford died, he was crying uncontrollably. That frustrated his mother’s boyfriend, Keishawn Gordon, who was babysitting for him overnight on Wednesday in the family’s apartment in the Bronx’s Webster Houses. When police questioned Mr. Gordon about Legacy’s injuries after the baby’s death, he initially told investigators that he gently squeezed the boy’s stomach and tossed him in the air to pacify him, according to a criminal complaint filed in court after Mr. Gordon was arrested ...

 Parents are misled by ACS workers in several ways. One of the most glaring, is when an ACS worker tells a parent that the investigation will be open for 60 days. This is important in several respects. First, it gives parents hope. Parents see the 60 day time frame and anxiously wait for it to end. Second and most important, because parents believe it is only 60 days, parents will do anything the ACS worker says in that 60 days. The fact of the matter is that while the 60 day time frame is in the statute, it is rarely followed by ACS workers. The investigation will go on as long as the ACS worker needs to accuse the parents of wrongdoing. NYCACSLAWYER.COM FIGHTACS.COM BROOKLYNACSATTORNEY.COM NYCCPSLAWYER.COM

Parents that have dealt with ACS workers tell horrific tales. How does ACS conduct an investigation?First, the ACS worker will appear on your doorstep without an warning or advance notice. Second they usually do not show id or provide business cards to parents because they do not want to be identified. They will then tell the parent that someone called and ACS has concerns. Any anonymous phone call to ACS will start an investigation. The worker will not tell the parent the exact charges but will only state that ACS has concerns. The ACS worker will then try to speak to your children alone. The most important part of the investigation and what ACS workers are fearful of doing, is recording the interviews in any way. In an era where digital recording is cheap and easy, this is a nightmare for the ACS worker. By not recording the interviews, ACS workers will claim that the parent said things that they did not say. Remember, the ACS worker has two goals. First, is the removal of the ch...