Man gets jail for not reporting child abuse

Girlfriend killed his 17- month- old son

For months, Christian Clark sent the father of her children pictures and videos showing her harming them.

In one video, she sat on their toddler for a minute and a half until he passed out. That same day she sent another video in which she stomped on the boy, breaking his ribs.

Still, Andre Price Jr., 26, of McKeesport, never told police what was happening. He never took any action to get the children away from her, although he did post at least some of the pictures on Facebook.

And then, on Nov. 1, 2016, Clark texted the boy’s father, “I’m [ going to] kill them, watch. Pretty sure your son is legit dead.”

He was.

She killed 17- month- old Andre Price III, recording herself as she smothered him.

Clark pleaded no contest in April to first- degree murder and is now serving a prison term of life without parole.

Price Jr., who pleaded guilty that same month to two counts of endangering the welfare of children, was sentenced Monday by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Edward J. Borkowski.

He will serve 11 ½ to 23 months in jail, with the possibility of alternative housing. The judge gave him concurrent sentences in the standard range.

Deputy District Attorney Jennifer DiGiovanni asked that Price Jr. be ordered to serve the maximum

penalty of seven to 14 years. He also must serve two years of probation.

“This is a case that, even if you gave him the maximum possible sentence, it does not approach justice for what happened,” she said. “Andre Price Jr. is the one person on this earth who could have foreseen and prevented this crime, and he did nothing.”

Judge Borkowski called Ms. DiGiovanni’s request well outside the sentencing guidelines even in the aggravated range.

Defense attorney James Sheets asked Judge Borkowski for only a probationary sentence.

“My client lost a son that he misses every day,” Mr. Sheets said. “He asks himself, ‘ What if?’ every day.”

The defense attorney said his client feels responsible for his son’s death.

“I don’t know exactly why Andre Price didn’t go [ to police] sooner. He regrets that choice now.”

Price Jr. cried during the hearing and said that when his younger son smiles, it reminds him of Andre III.