Child custody exchange ends in fight, five arrests

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

CLOVERDALE -- A three-year-old is in Department of Child Services custody and five adults in jail following a custody exchange that erupted into a brawl Wednesday evening.

Krissy Allen and Austin Banks

Around 7 p.m., the Cloverdale Police Department was dispatched to a fight at the Cloverdale McDonald's parking lot.

Upon their arrival at the North Main Street restaurant, CPD officers and Putnam County sheriff's deputies learned that two sets of adults were meeting at the halfway point for the exchange of the three-year-old from mother to father.

The child's mother, Krissy Allen, 23, and her boyfriend, Austin Banks, 24, were bringing the child from their home in Festus, Mo.

Joshua Frederick and Le Ann Frederick

They were meeting the child's father, 27-year-old Joshua Frederick of Columbus, Ohio, who had with him his wife, Le Ann Frederick, 23, Columbus, and his brother, Jordan Shanks, 20, Pomeroy, Ohio.

The exchange turned into an argument, with witnesses telling officers that all five adults entered into a brawl, rolling on the ground with the three-year old in the middle "being thrown about."

Police arrested all five adults, charging each with Level 6 felony battery and Class B misdemeanor disorderly conduct. The two women were also charged with Level 6 felony strangulation.

Jordan Shanks

All five were booked in the Putnam County Jail between 8:58 and 10:15 p.m. Wednesday.

The case will be turned over to the Putnam County Prosecutor's Office for a decision on formal charges.

DCS took custody of the child.

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  • They ALL need to learn from this...

    -- Posted by GRNT on Thu, Aug 2, 2018, at 7:35 AM
  • poor baby- I hope they are careful giving him back

    -- Posted by small town fan on Thu, Aug 2, 2018, at 7:54 AM
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