Police file new charges in Middleborough child abuse case

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By John R. Ellement and Michael Levenson, Globe Staff

MIDDLEBOROUGH -- Police this afternoon arrested the mother of a 7-year-old boy whose genitals were allegedly burned with cigarettes.

Michelle Henry, 30, was handcuffed as police searched her apartment on Archer Court. She has been charged with reckless endangerment and assault and battery on a child causing serious bodily injury.



Defense attorney Rachel Seeley-Ruel said in court that Henry also had been a victim of abuse at the hands of her boyfriend, David J. Privette. Seeley-Ruel said that Henry had reported the abuse to authorities, but the lawyer did not elaborate. Henry was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing scheduled for March 27.

The boyfriend, Privette, has been accused of repeated abuse that allegedly continued despite several warnings to the Department of Social Services. Police also filed new charges today against Privette that allege that he permanently disfigured the child with burns. Privette, who has been held without bail since his arrest Monday, now faces two counts of indecent assault and battery and mayhem, which is a felony that can carry a lengthy prison term.


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[Breeze54]

1. This is such a horrible case and the CPS is also to blame!

They knew about the burns on March 4th and did NOTHING!!! :grr:

And the Mom's neighbors are saying the boyfriend was also abusing her
and that she's a good Mom and loves her kids. I don't know when the abuse
happened or where she was but the boyfriend is a fucking animal, psycho!!