SILVERTON, Ohio - There are death threats and calls for the death
penalty for a Silverton man who says he knew he was HIV positive when
he allegedly raped a 6-month-old baby.
Police say the suspect, Lenny Love, Jr., confessed that he raped the baby.
Since the story broke, it was posted on a website called
Mediatakeout.com and has now gone viral.
People are calling the Silverton Police Department from all across the
nation to complain the suspect is being charged only with rape.
They want Love to be charged with attempted murder or even murder.
One caller from Mississippi told Silverton Dispatcher Reginald Chatman
that he wanted to kill the suspect.
"Yes. Ya'll should charge dude with murder. Ya'll should kill his ---.
I'll kill him if I ever see him," the caller said.
"I'm disgusted as a parent and as a teacher. These kids come to us.
They survive and they're just messed up from the very beginning," said
another caller.
The website posted the department's phone number and encouraged people
to call police to complain about the charges of rape and felonious
assault against the 29-year-old suspect.
"I was just calling to say he should be charged with murder or the
death penalty," one woman said.
Dispatcher Chatman explained, "We can't charge anyone with murder
unless someone has been killed, but we're still early in the
investigation ma'am, so there could be more charges forth coming."
Chief Plummer says the website's report that the baby is HIV positive
has not been confirmed.
"The calls that we're getting, they are very irate about how the
police department is handling this. We're handling this the best way
that we can. We're working hand in hand with the prosecutor's office
to make sure he's charged properly."
People have called from all over including Boston, California, Miami,
and Ontario, Canada.
Chief Plummer says he knows people are upset.
"You know what? I know he will get jail time. Give him general
population and let them at him," one woman said.
Police say Love walked into the police station after someone
encouraged him to do so.
Investigators say he confessed to the crime Saturday night.
He's being held on a $200,000 bond.
The baby is receiving medical treatment.
Authorities say they haven't received a motive as to why the suspect
allegedly attacked the baby
Deu 28:54
[So that] the man [that is] tender among you, and very delicate, his
eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his
bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
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