Wednesday, September 18, 2002

Grand jury tosses out feticide charges By JOHN MUNFORD jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com A Fayette County Grand Jury has declined to indict a local man on charges that he caused the death of two unborn children by striking the mother in the abdomen. Although the grand jury no-billed Michael Antonio Glass on the two feticide charges, it did return indictments for him on two counts of aggravated assault and three counts of cruelty to children in the second degree. Before the assault, Glass, 35, had previously argued with his girlfriend, asking her to get an abortion. In a later court hearing, Glass admitted that he didn't want any more children. Officials sought the feticide charges after an autopsy of the two fetuses indicated that the blows during the scuffle may have caused their deaths. The babies were delivered stillborn several weeks after the assault, according to authorities. What do you think of this story? Click here to send a message to the editor. Back to the News Home Page| Back to the top of the page