Mom Heads Back To Jail In Dispute With Incarcerated Ex
October 12, 2017 at 5:21 p.m.
By Michael [email protected]
An Atwood mother will head to jail today for the fourth time for not complying with a court order to take her daughter to visit her incarcerated father.
Jennifer Logan, 28, was ordered to spend 21 days in the Kosciusko County Jail after not taking her 7-year-old daughter to visit the girl’s father.
Special Judge Torrey Bauer ordered Logan to report to a jail in a closed hearing Wednesday.
The father, Sammy Davis Jr., is imprisoned at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Carlisle.
Logan contends she can’t afford the trips and does not own a car.
Traveling round trip to the prison from Logan’s home in Atwood is about 450 miles.
Since the ruling in 2014, Logan said she has taken her daughter to the prison once.
Davis was convicted of driving drunk and causing the death of his then-girlfriend, Victoria Anderson, in 2010 on Old 30 west of Warsaw.
Logan describes her past with Davis as abusive and says Davis is still trying to “torture” her while he’s in prison through acts of harassment,
While in prison, Davis sued Logan for parental visitation rights, resulting in the order requiring Logan to accommodate the visits for her daughter.
Logan says Davis is just making trouble for her.
“He’s still harassing me, He’s still torturing me,” she said Wednesday after the hearing.
In the court hearing, Logan said Bauer told Davis that if he put Logan in jail, he would not see his daughter during the three weeks she serves time for.
“He said lock her up,” Logan said.
Logan said that showed in court Davis didn’t really care about the child.
Logan said the one time she took the girl to see Davis, her daughter was scared and was holding onto her and refusing to go in.
Logan also said Davis seems to care more about money.
“When he does call, he talks with my daughter for five minutes, and then talks to me and begs for money,” she said.
Logan showed the judge a letter Davis sent her from prison in which Davis implies he won’t put Logan in jail if she sent him money.
In the letter, Davis asks for $250 to purchase a TV and headphones in prison.
“I’m not going to allow the courts to put the mother of our child behind bars, therefore help me, have my back and I got your back,” Davis wrote.
Logan said one of the biggest problems with the visitation is traveling to the prison.
Logan said she doesn’t have a vehicle and works six days a week, which makes it nearly impossible to make the required monthly visits to the prison.
Mary Shelton, Logan’s mother, said trips tend to be more expensive while taking a child and sometimes necessitate getting a hotel overnight.
“It’s not a trip you can make in one day,” Shelton said.
Shelton said they can’t afford the trips, let alone a private lawyer.
The court-appointed attorney, Anthony Garza, declined to comment on the case.
Logan has been jailed three other times for not complying with the visitation order.
Logan was jailed twice in 2016 for about 16 days and she served 14 days in January.
Logan says she’s worried that the problem will continue.
“After I get out of jail, they’ll give a month to show I’m complying with the order, and probably throw me in jail again,” Logan said.
Logan said she thinks heading to jail this week will cost her her job.
“Is this just going to continue the whole time he’s incarcerated?” Logan said.
Davis’ earliest scheduled release date is Nov. 21, 2018, according to the Indiana Department of Corrections.
Logan said she’s never been jailed for any crime other than not taking her kid to prison.
“I can’t really relate to the other girls in jail,” Logan said, “Most of them are shocked when I tell them what I’m in for.”
Davis has a criminal record dating to 1994 for convictions involving theft, illegal
In fact, the Indiana Court of Appeals said in 2012 “Davis has no significant history of law-abiding behavior.”
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An Atwood mother will head to jail today for the fourth time for not complying with a court order to take her daughter to visit her incarcerated father.
Jennifer Logan, 28, was ordered to spend 21 days in the Kosciusko County Jail after not taking her 7-year-old daughter to visit the girl’s father.
Special Judge Torrey Bauer ordered Logan to report to a jail in a closed hearing Wednesday.
The father, Sammy Davis Jr., is imprisoned at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Carlisle.
Logan contends she can’t afford the trips and does not own a car.
Traveling round trip to the prison from Logan’s home in Atwood is about 450 miles.
Since the ruling in 2014, Logan said she has taken her daughter to the prison once.
Davis was convicted of driving drunk and causing the death of his then-girlfriend, Victoria Anderson, in 2010 on Old 30 west of Warsaw.
Logan describes her past with Davis as abusive and says Davis is still trying to “torture” her while he’s in prison through acts of harassment,
While in prison, Davis sued Logan for parental visitation rights, resulting in the order requiring Logan to accommodate the visits for her daughter.
Logan says Davis is just making trouble for her.
“He’s still harassing me, He’s still torturing me,” she said Wednesday after the hearing.
In the court hearing, Logan said Bauer told Davis that if he put Logan in jail, he would not see his daughter during the three weeks she serves time for.
“He said lock her up,” Logan said.
Logan said that showed in court Davis didn’t really care about the child.
Logan said the one time she took the girl to see Davis, her daughter was scared and was holding onto her and refusing to go in.
Logan also said Davis seems to care more about money.
“When he does call, he talks with my daughter for five minutes, and then talks to me and begs for money,” she said.
Logan showed the judge a letter Davis sent her from prison in which Davis implies he won’t put Logan in jail if she sent him money.
In the letter, Davis asks for $250 to purchase a TV and headphones in prison.
“I’m not going to allow the courts to put the mother of our child behind bars, therefore help me, have my back and I got your back,” Davis wrote.
Logan said one of the biggest problems with the visitation is traveling to the prison.
Logan said she doesn’t have a vehicle and works six days a week, which makes it nearly impossible to make the required monthly visits to the prison.
Mary Shelton, Logan’s mother, said trips tend to be more expensive while taking a child and sometimes necessitate getting a hotel overnight.
“It’s not a trip you can make in one day,” Shelton said.
Shelton said they can’t afford the trips, let alone a private lawyer.
The court-appointed attorney, Anthony Garza, declined to comment on the case.
Logan has been jailed three other times for not complying with the visitation order.
Logan was jailed twice in 2016 for about 16 days and she served 14 days in January.
Logan says she’s worried that the problem will continue.
“After I get out of jail, they’ll give a month to show I’m complying with the order, and probably throw me in jail again,” Logan said.
Logan said she thinks heading to jail this week will cost her her job.
“Is this just going to continue the whole time he’s incarcerated?” Logan said.
Davis’ earliest scheduled release date is Nov. 21, 2018, according to the Indiana Department of Corrections.
Logan said she’s never been jailed for any crime other than not taking her kid to prison.
“I can’t really relate to the other girls in jail,” Logan said, “Most of them are shocked when I tell them what I’m in for.”
Davis has a criminal record dating to 1994 for convictions involving theft, illegal
In fact, the Indiana Court of Appeals said in 2012 “Davis has no significant history of law-abiding behavior.”
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