Monday, March 14, 2011

DCF fires two workers in Barahona case

By Diana Moskovitz and Carol Marbin Miller, The Miami Herald
9:00 p.m. EDT, March 14, 2011

MIAMI- One month after 10-year-old Nubia Barahona was found dead in the bed of her adoptive father's pickup truck, state child welfare administrators fired two workers connected with the case, including the investigator assigned to an abuse report four days before the girl's body was located.

Department of Children & Families Secretary David Wilkins also announced Monday proposed changes, including developing new ways to measure performance at the state's abuse hotline, adding 80 child protective investigators and re-examining their role within the state's child welfare system.

Andrea Fleary, who was on probation after being given two "final" counseling notices for poor performance, was terminated from her position as a child abuse investigator. The DCF also fired her supervisor, Kevin Ramos.

A third person connected to the investigation, Angela Dilworth, resigned even though "she was not facing any disciplinary action whatsoever," DCF spokesman Mark Riordan said.

Five other employees received reprimands: the agency's top Miami administrator, Jacqui Colyer, and four workers at the state's abuse hotline: counselors Katie Stuck, Marvina Jackson and Brian Gautier, and supervisor Milton Hart. FULL STORY

Why stop there?  And why merely fire them?  Why not CHARGE THEM with their CRIMES?

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