A man accused of nearly beating his three-year-old foster child to death was in court Tuesday and waived his preliminary hearing.
According to the prosecutor in this case, the three-year-old foster child that Joshua Martin is accused of beating is doing better and will live. But she was beaten so badly that she will have to learn how to walk, talk, and eat all over again.
“Mr. Martin, do you have anything you want to say to your family or to your wife?” questioned CBS 21.
Joshua Martin was did not respond as he left a courtroom in New Holland after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing.
Last month, the Lancaster County man was arrested for seriously beating his own three-year-old foster child and giving her severe brain damage. In court papers, the 23-year-old told police that the girl “annoyed” him so he punched her head and hit her head against a door frame after she threw up her dinner and was being “uncooperative.”
He admitted to police that he did do it, but said his wife, with whom he had two other foster children, was not involved.
“Her injuries are catastrophic,” explained Lancaster County Assistant District Attorney Randy Miller. “I don’t know how else to describe it. It’s very sad, obviously for [her] and the community. We’ll try to go on from here.”
“He definitely had concern for the child and does have concern for the child. And sometimes bad things happen,” stated Martin’s attorney, Jeffrey Conrad. “Why those things happen, we may never know. But one can feel still very upset about that and he feels that and he wants to see a full recovery for the child.”
Martin will be in court again on November 28 for a formal arraignment. He will remain in Lancaster County Prison on $500,000 bail.
The three-year-old is still at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center.
According to the prosecutor in this case, the three-year-old foster child that Joshua Martin is accused of beating is doing better and will live. But she was beaten so badly that she will have to learn how to walk, talk, and eat all over again.
“Mr. Martin, do you have anything you want to say to your family or to your wife?” questioned CBS 21.
Joshua Martin was did not respond as he left a courtroom in New Holland after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing.
Last month, the Lancaster County man was arrested for seriously beating his own three-year-old foster child and giving her severe brain damage. In court papers, the 23-year-old told police that the girl “annoyed” him so he punched her head and hit her head against a door frame after she threw up her dinner and was being “uncooperative.”
He admitted to police that he did do it, but said his wife, with whom he had two other foster children, was not involved.
“Her injuries are catastrophic,” explained Lancaster County Assistant District Attorney Randy Miller. “I don’t know how else to describe it. It’s very sad, obviously for [her] and the community. We’ll try to go on from here.”
“He definitely had concern for the child and does have concern for the child. And sometimes bad things happen,” stated Martin’s attorney, Jeffrey Conrad. “Why those things happen, we may never know. But one can feel still very upset about that and he feels that and he wants to see a full recovery for the child.”
Martin will be in court again on November 28 for a formal arraignment. He will remain in Lancaster County Prison on $500,000 bail.
The three-year-old is still at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center.