[Amy]

A mother who was being attacked by her boyfriend with a knife held up their one-year-old son to act as a human shield, police say.


Father: Devin Juan Wilkes was arrested for trying to strangle his wife and throwing their baby on the ground

Devin Juan Wilkes, 24, from Jacksonville, Florida, was beating his 22-year-old girlfriend with his fists before picking up a knife.

When Sheena Hunter grabbed their son in the hope he wouldn't attack his own child, Wilkes allegedly threw the baby face first on to the floor and continued to attack the victim.

He then allegedly yelled: 'You made me hit my son, now you're going to die' as he choked the woman.

He is now behind bars on $500,000 bail for the December 9 incident on charges of aggravated assault, child abuse, battery and felony domestic battery.

Police said the couple - who have been together two years - started arguing as Miss Hunter took a bath and Wilkes started punching her in the face.

When she ran to the bedroom he came after her with a knife and that is when she grabbed their son from his crib feeling he 'would not stab her if their child was in between them'.

After throwing the baby on the floor, Wilkes allegedly threw his girlfriend on the bed and choked her until the telephone rang.

He then fled and Miss Hunter called police, according to the Florida Times Union.

Paramedics checked the baby, who did not require hospital treatment while the mother refused treatment.

On Monday, police found Wilkes hiding in the closet of the home and arrested him.

Duval County jail and court records show this is Wilkes' third domestic-violence arrest in three years. He served 16 days in jail in 2009 and got a year probation in 2008. Online records didn't indicate the name of the victim.

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[PoetsOfTheFall]

many people don't deserve children...

[Faline]

[DiamondSmiles]

I know, Amy. You need a license to drive or have certain pets. Any stupid idiot can bear or donate sperm to an idiot to create an innocent life just to throw them away like trash! I hope this baby lives and never remembers his parents and what they did to him.

My brain can't even comprehend doing such things and worse to a little baby. They look at you so innocently and trust you to take care of them. How do you betray that? Big people are supposed to take care of the little ones.

[Amy]

I remember seeing a video of a man kicking, punching...just beating a baby about 2 in a convenience store. After the beating, the guy walked off and the baby, not knowing what else to do, grabbed his toboggan and followed after his abuser.

[Mizz_Russia]

That is just crazy.. I would never be around anyone that would even once hit a woman... you already know if a man or woman lays one hand on you... they will lay their hands on their own children as well... In a way it is the mothers fault that she allows him to beat her. By allows after the first time she didn't leave him and get out of that situation so it gets worse and worse. One day he will take her life. I hope she learned from this lesson.

[Cumulonimbus]

I would love to see someone put a bullet between those dead eyes. Maybe if the child is likely, he will end up in a loving home. It's a nice dream, anyhow.

[Steve]

She made him abuse is child? what another dumb excuse from a cowardly pathetic little man.

[kellyhound]

Duval County jail and court records show this is Wilkes' third domestic-violence arrest in three years.

time for some serious prison time.

[Amy]

Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

time for some serious prison time.

Three strikes...should be out for him.