Probation officer gives office BJ to boot-camp teen
Two Men Charged with Killing Toddler. With a Bat. In Church.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 4:20 pm
A 14-month-old girl in Wheaton, Minnesota is dead. And it's all because a pastor gave someone a washer and dryer.
Rev. Danny Barnes with wife Dena
Only a month ago, Darryl Kennedy was the best man at Claude Hankins' wedding. But the two recently had a falling out. Rev. Danny Barnes, who ministers to people with addiction problems in this small town near the North Dakota border, had given a washer and dryer to Hankins. For some reason that upset Kennedy's friend, David Collins. So Collins confronted Hankins, but ended up getting the worst of it with an eye swollen shut.
Two days later, he charged into Thy Kingdom Come Church with a baseball bat. Hankins grabbed a chair in defense. But Collins had been drinking and
swung wildly, connecting with the head of Hankins' daughter Aundrea. She would die from the blow a few hours later...
Kennedy also charged into the church with a 2x4. But by the time he
arrived, the incident was over. According to Rev. Barnes, both men
appeared to be drunk; Kennedy has be banished from the church in the past due to problems with alcohol.
It's not the first time there's been trouble at the church. Barnes -- a self-described former pimp, drug dealer, and career criminal -- arrived here in 2004 and began recruiting parishioners with chemical problems (see his video above). Police have responded to numerous complaints at the building.
In July, the pastor was charged in a neighboring county with kidnapping, first-degree burglary,
second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and third-degree assault
resulting in substantial bodily harm. Big Stone County records don't disclose the details behind the charges, and Barnes has pleaded innocent.
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