Thursday, May 23, 2013
Douglas Barbour's attorney said the couple needs to move for financial reasons.
A Franklin Park couple accused of physically abusing and starving two children they adopted from Ethiopia last March are moving to Mercer County, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey A. Manning Wednesday approved a change-of-residence request by Douglas and Kristen Barbour, who plan to live with Mr. Barbour's parents in Mercer County. Mr. Barbour's attorney, Charles Porter, told the P-G the family needs to move for financial reasons. Barbour, a deputy Pennsylvania Attorney General, was suspended without pay after the couple's arrest on Oct. 4. According to the criminal complaint, the Barbours are accused of starving their adopted 6-year-old son and leaving him with lesions from being kept in …
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Kristen and Douglas Barbour of Franklin Park are accused of abusing their adopted children.
The Allegheny County District Attorney's office decided not to take the deposition of a 5-year-old girl who may be a witness against her parents in a case involving the alleged abuse of their adopted children, according to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Judge Jeffrey A. Manning last week ordered the 2- and 5-year-old biological children returned to their parents, Kristen and Douglas Barbour of Franklin Park, but only after the older child's testimony was recorded. The Barbours face charges they abused the two children they adopted from Ethiopia last year. Deputy District Attorney Laura Ditka planned to take a videotaped deposition of the 5-year-old on Tuesday, however, she told the judge she did not want to scare the child, the newspaper …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Manning will consider the request Thursday.
A Franklin Park couple accused of physically abusing and starving two children they adopted from Ethiopia in March are asking again to be reunited with their biological children, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. Douglas Barbour, 33, and his wife, Kristen Barbour, 30, of Cole Road, are charged with two counts each of endangering the welfare of children and one count each of aggravated assault. Douglas Barbour, a Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General, is also charged with simple assault, court documents show. Barbour has been suspended from his state job without pay, Attorney General Linda Kelly said in a statement after the couple's arrest Oct. 4. Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Manning has delayed ruling on the issue …
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General Douglas Barbour, 33, and his wife, Kristen Barbour, 30, appear at a preliminary hearing in Leetsdale District Court.
A Franklin Park couple has been ordered to stand trial after waiving a preliminary hearing today on charges of abusing and starving two children they adopted from Ethiopia nearly a year ago. Prosecutors dropped two aggravated assault charges against Douglas Barbour, 33, who appeared in Leetsdale District Court alongside his wife, Kristen Barbour, 30, of Cole Road for a preliminary hearing. Douglas Barbour, a Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General, has been suspended from his state job without pay since he and his wife were arrested Oct. 4. He'll stand trial on two counts each of simple assault, endangering the welfare of children and reckless endangerment. Kristen Barbour will stand trial on one count of simple assault and two counts each …
40.558368
-80.20498
District Magistrate Office, District Judge Robert L. Ford
190 Ohio River Blvd, Leetsdale, PA
/articles/franklin-park-couple-to-stand-trial-on-child-abuse-charges
1838178
/locations/8624572
Monday, November 19, 2012
Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General Douglas Barbour and his wife, Kristen Barbour, remain free on bond in case involving two adopted children from Ethiopia.
A Franklin Park couple accused of physically abusing and starving two children they adopted from Ethiopia in March now face additional charges. Prosecutors amended charges today against Douglas Barbour, 33, and his wife, Kristen Barbour, 30, of Cole Road, at a preliminary hearing scheduled before District Judge Robert Ford in Leetsdale. As a result of the new charges, defense attorneys asked that the preliminary hearing for the couple again be postponed. A new court date is set for Jan. 18. Among the new charges filed was an additional count of aggravated assault related to the Barbour's 6-year-old adopted son. The charge is based on allegations that the couple withheld food from the child, said Douglas Barbour's defense attorney, …
40.558368
-80.20498
190 Ohio River Blvd, Leetsdale, PA
/articles/hearing-postponed-to-january-for-franklin-park-couple-accused-of-child-abuse
/locations/8168315
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Douglas and Kristen Barbour, through their attorney, have repeatedly denied the charges filed by Allegheny County Police.
The preliminary hearing for a Franklin Park couple accused of physically abusing and starving two children they adopted from Ethiopia in March has been postponed again. Douglas Barbour, 33, and his wife, Kristen Barbour, 30, of Cole Road, Wexford, are charged with two counts each of endangering the welfare of children and one count each of aggravated assault. Douglas Barbour, a Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General, is also charged with simple assault, court documents show. Barbour has been suspended from his state job without pay, Attorney General Linda Kelly said in a statement after the couple's arrest Oct. 4. The couple was to have appeared Tuesday before Leetsdale District Court Judge Robert Ford, but that hearing has been postponed…
Monday, October 15, 2012
Douglas and Kristen Barbour, through their attorney, deny the charges.
A Franklin Park couple accused of physically abusing and starving two children they adopted from Ethiopia in March will be permitted supervised visitation with their two biological children, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports. Douglas Barbour, 33, and his wife, Kristen Barbour, 30, of Cole Road, Wexford, are charged with two counts each of endangering the welfare of children and one count each of aggravated assault. Douglas Barbour, a Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General, is also charged with simple assault, court documents show. Barbour has been suspended from his state job without pay, Attorney General Linda Kelly said in a statement after the couple's arrest Oct. 4. The Barbours were in court to ask for visitation and also to have …
Kenny
4:55 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
I say just beat them like they did the kids and then put a needle in their arms all of these sick things need put down I'd say sick people but that's too good of a term to use for pieces of *** I think all the child abusers and molesters and the wife beaters just need gotten rid of a do society a favor but you have all those people against the death penalty well maybe they would see it different … more ›