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Published July 19, 2008 02:12 pm - An Allen County woman was found not guilty Friday in a criminal abuse case in Monroe Circuit Court. Starks found not guilty of abuse By GINA KINSLOW Glasgow Daily Times BURKESVILLE — An Allen County woman was found not guilty Friday in a criminal abuse case in Monroe Circuit Court.
Tammy Starks, of Scottsville, was accused of beating her former boyfriend’s 5-year-old son in April 2007 during a visit to his father’s Monroe County home. Starks said she was relieved to learn she had been cleared in the case. “I always knew that I did not do anything to (him),” she said shortly after the jury’s verdict was delivered. “I am very sorry that he went through what he did, but I had to take it to trial because I want my name cleared.” Starks was indicted in May 2007 by a Monroe County grand jury on charges of criminal abuse in the first degree, possession of a controlled substance in the first degree (cocaine), possession of a controlled substance in the first degree (methamphetamine) and possession of drug paraphernalia. On Friday, a 12-member Cumberland County jury composed of eight women and four men found her not guilty of criminal abuse in the first degree by unanimous vote after deliberating almost two hours. Plaintiffs in the case, Emily Moore, of Tompkinsville, and her family, were upset that the jury found Starks not guilty. “We will not go through the justice system any more,” Moore said as she exited the courtroom, but would not comment further. Jesse Stockton, commonwealth’s attorney for Monroe County, said, “Days like these is when it’s hard to be a public servant.” The commonwealth alleged that Starks beat the 5-year-old boy with a belt while the boy and his brother and sister were visiting their father, Michael Graves. But Starks’ attorney, Ken Garrett, said the commonwealth’s case was “riddled with holes.” Garrett pointed out that testimony from all three children on Thursday did not match up. All three testified that the younger boy got into trouble during the visit, but they were unclear where their father was during the alleged whipping. The younger boy testified that his brother and sister were at the home of their paternal grandmother when the alleged incident occurred. Garrett also noted that it was the boy’s father who admitted Thursday to disciplining the children. 
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