Mother and boyfriend will remain in jail
Published 1:26 pm Thursday, December 11, 2008
By Kevin Hanson, The Courier-Herald
The man charged with a vicious assault on a 7-month-old girl, along with the baby's mother, were arraigned in King County Superior Court Monday.
Little changed for Joshua Folk, 18, and Kayla Oakley, 19, who will remain behind bars at the Regional Justice Center in Kent. Folk was being held on $500,000 bail and Oakley was being held on $100,000 bail, and neither amount was lessened during the arraignment.
One new development was the date set for a pre-trial hearing, May 20. At that time, a date for the trial could be set, according to a spokesman for the King County Prosecutor's Office.
Folk was charged April 20 with first-degree assault of a child. A day later, Enumclaw police arrested Oakley, booking her on charges of third-degree criminal mistreatment and rendering criminal assistance.
The situation began the morning of April 13, when young Angelina Marie Oakley was taken to Enumclaw Community Hospital. Oakley told police she had noticed her baby's leg was swollen and her arms "looked funny" that morning. Oakley called her mother, who arrived at the Warner Avenue apartment and drove everyone to the hospital.
Hospital staff recognized the severity of the baby's injuries and notified Enumclaw police. After X-rays were taken, and it was determined the girl had suffered 11 broken bones, the child was airlifted to Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle. There, she underwent emergency surgery for her injuries.
Folk admitted to police that on five occasions, beginning at 10:30 a.m. and over the span of perhaps 12 hours, he had physically assaulted the baby.
According to an Enumclaw Police Department press release, Oakley was arrested because, "She witnessed her fiance…violently assault her baby, and did not intervene in any way."
Additionally, she failed to seek medical aid for the baby for 10 to 11 hours, "thus placing her child in greater harm and increasing the severity of the injuries."
Kevin Hanson can be reached at khanson@cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/courierherald
