COLLIER SHERIFF

Deputies: Copeland woman spilled hot coffee on baby

Collier County sheriff’s deputies arrested a 23-year-old Copeland woman Thursday night after they say she failed to get medical treatment for her baby after she spilled coffee on the boy and the boy hit his head on a coffee table.

Kathy Lynn Lamphere, 930 Seaboard Village Drive, Apt. E, was charged with neglect of a child without great bodily harm.

Deputies were called to the home by the baby’s grandparents, Lynn and Ervin Stokes, around 5 p.m., according to an arrest report. When they arrived, Lynn Stokes was holding the baby, which had marks on its back and a bump on its head.

The grandparents told deputies that Lamphere lives in an apartment on the back of their property. The boy’s father, Christopher Stokes, has been in jail for two months, reports said.

Reports said that on Thursday afternoon, Lamphere called a baby sitter to watch the boy as she napped. The baby sitter saw the marks on the baby’s back and the bump on his head and reported them to the child’s grandparents, deputies said.

Collier County EMS responded to the home to transport the boy to the hospital.

As the ambulance prepared to leave, Lamphere arrived. She told deputies that three days earlier the baby was playing on the floor and that she tripped and spilled hot coffee on the boy’s back. Her father told her to put burn medicine on the baby’s back, she said.

Lamphere said that on Thursday the baby was crawling and hit his head on a coffee table, causing the bump on his head.

Lamphere rode in the ambulance with her son, reports said. A doctor confirmed that the baby had second-degree burns on his back and a head injury that needed immediate attention.

Battery arrests

 Howard Dewayne Johnson, 38, 2693 Poinciana St., East Naples, was arrested Thursday at 2164 Hunter Blvd. He was charged with throwing money at the face of his ex-girlfriend, Shamori Davis, and punching her lip.

 Daniel Antonio Rivera, 43, 2996 Francis Ave., No. 11, East Naples, was arrested Thursday at home. He was charged with grabbing the hair of his pregnant girlfriend, Dawn Weidtman, throwing her on the ground and punching her face.

 Richard T. Tuck, 42, 2399 Bear Creek Drive, No. 202, North Naples, was arrested Thursday at home. He was charged with choking a man, identified in reports only as Kenneth. He also was charged with possession of marijuana.

DUI arrests

 Ken E. Small, 28, 642 109th Ave. N., North Naples, was arrested Thursday at the intersection of Wiggins Pass Road East and St. Marys Court. He also was charged with driving with a suspended license.

 Michael Rohr, 44, of Homestead, was arrested Thursday on Fifth Avenue. He also was charged with driving with a suspended license.

 Derek Richard Barone, 25, 12219 Toscana Way, No. 102, Bonita Springs, was arrested Friday at the intersection of Pine Ridge Road and Cypress Glen Drive.

Police Beat is compiled and written by the Naples Daily News staff from oral and written reports by Naples police, Collier Sheriff‘s Office, Marco police and other agencies. Arrests indicate suspicion of crime, not guilt. To report a crime or suspicious activity in your neighborhood, call the Naples Police and Fire Department at 213-4844, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office at 774-4434 or the Marco Island Police Department at 389-5050.