Pontiac father jailed for alleged child abuse

By Carol Thompson, The Detroit Information

A Pontiac man is imprisoned for youngster abuse after reporting and suffocated his 9-year-old son, in line with the workplace of the Sheriff of Oakland County.

The person, the 38-year-old Cedric Diequell-Stevens Moore, was lived on Sunday on the expenses of the second and fourth diploma youngster abuse. He’s imprisoned in Oakland County and held on a bond of $ 100,000.

The police have been despatched to the home of Diequell-Stevens Moore on the 100 block of South Edith Road in Pontiac on Thursday after his 9-year-old son went to a neighbor’s home for assist. The boy left the home when Dieque-Stevens Moore left for the shop, mentioned delegates, and the neighbors known as the police.

The 9-year-old representatives informed that his father had turn into offended as a result of the 9-year-old had fallen asleep on the sofa. He mentioned that his father had crushed him with a belt and broom and choked him till he fainted. The 9-year-old additionally mentioned that his father ‘threw’ his 1-year-old brother in his cradle as a result of the kid was crying with starvation.

Delegates noticed welding on the hull of the 9-year-old and scrapes together with his eye and neck, in line with the Sheriff workplace in a press launch. The kid was admitted to the hospital and in a secure state.

The 1-year-old, whose mom is locked up, is with a member of the family, says the press launch. He was investigated and turned out to have cigarette burns on his again.

Delegates arrested Dieque-Stevens Moore on Thursday night in the home of his member of the family, says the press launch.

“One of many worst issues we see is horrible abuse for kids,” mentioned Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard. “It can’t be tolerated, and people accountable should be saved absolutely accountable and guarded their youngsters.”

Initially printed: June 30, 2025 at 1 p.m. Edt