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Delta man charged with child abuseThursday, April 30, 2009 ~ Updated 5:43 PMA Delta man was charged Thursday with felony child abuse by the Cape Girardeau County prosecutor's office. William R. Riegert, 43, is suspected of burning a 2-year-old repeatedly with a cigarette, according to a probable-cause statement by Det. Jamie Malugen on the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department. According to the statement, the child's mother called the sheriff's department Tuesday saying her child had cigarette burns to the right hand and ankles after visiting Riegert. The child told police his injuries came from being burned with a cigarette, but didn't identify who burned him. The child later named the person who burned him in an interview at the Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence. Riegert was arrested and interviewed by Malugen. Malugen said in his probable-cause statement that Riegert admitted to touching the child with a lit cigarette on the ankles, but not on the hand. No court dates had been scheduled for Riegert as of Thursday afternoon. Riegert was in the Cape Girardeau County Jail on a $25,000 cash-only bond. Comments  Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.
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that poor baby. Why would anyone want to hurt this sweet child? Please pray for this baby and his mother, they need lots of love!!
can't wait till he gets to prison. have fun mr. reigert
I certainly hope u have more evidence than the word of a 2yr. old, mine can't remember what /who he saw yesterday.
The child does not have to remember...I think the cigarette burns speak for themselves. I really doubt that this child burned him/herself more than once! I could half-way understand once (not knowing how much it would hurt) but no way more than once!
This guy should have been behind bars a long time ago. This jerk is a predator and always has been creepy. That child did not burn himself.