Tuesday, February 02, 1999
Mom held on $50 K in throwaway-baby case
BY SHEILA McLAUGHLIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LEBANON — A Warren County judge refused Monday to lower bail for a woman accused of abandoning her newborn girl in a restroom trash can.
Deborah Mackey, dressed in a red jail suit, sat emotionless in the jury box of Common Pleas Judge P. Daniel Fedders' courtroom as the judge met with her attorney and an assistant county prosecutor privately.
“This is a serious offense. He just felt what the defense attorney said wasn't justified in this case,” assistant prosecutor Joanne Hash said after the meeting.
Ms. Mackey, 38, of Butler County, has been jailed in the Warren County Justice Center on $50,000 bail since her arrest Dec. 14.
Defense attorney Don Oda II said he didn't ask Judge Fedders for a specific bail, he just asked him to reduce it.
“My point to the judge was that we were talking about a person of fairly modest means and $50,000 might as well be $50 million,” Mr. Oda said.
Judge Fedders was in trial and could not be reached.
Ms. Mackey was indicted last month on charges of attempted murder, attempted involuntary manslaughter and child endangering.
A worker found the infant in a trash can at Ample Industries in Franklin after Ms. Mackey said she felt ill and left work.
The infant, Holly Ann, remains in serious condition at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio, where she suffers from a deadly birth defect.
Doctors said her condition is not related to premature birth or abandonment.
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