MADRAS, OR -- A woman and her adult son were convicted this week of multiple charges related to the abuse of two foster children in their care, a four-year-old girl and seven-year-old boy.
According to the Jefferson County District Attorney, 50-year-old Oglivia Pineda-Garcia took the boy to the ER in May of 2018 with a significant cut on his face that required stitches. St. Charles reported St. Charles reported concerns to law entorcement after Pineda-Garcias' explanation did not seem consistent with the injury. Because the child did not disclose any abuse at that time, he was allowed to return to the home.
In June 2018, both children were seen at DHS in Madras with multiple injuries to their faces and bodies. Both children were interviewed at the KIDS Center in Bend, where they disclosed significant additional abuse, including the boy being kicked in the face and held face-up under running water by 27-year-old Edgar Macias.
The boy also disclosed that the but that sent him to the emergency room in May 2018 was caused by Pineda-Garcia striking him in theface with a glass mason jar that shattered. The girl reported having her hair pulled by Defendant Pineda-Garcia.
Law enforcement executed a search warrant at the home Pineda-Garcia shared with her son Macias in July 2018, where they found a set of seven mason jar-type glasses. Sheriff Jason Pollock, a
detective at the time, moved the refrigerator in the home and located a glass fragment. A second glass fragment with a lip that appeared to match the mason jars was discovered under the stove. The individual who treated the child at st. Charles testified his injury was consistent with being struck with a mason jar.
Pineda-Garcia was convicted of Assault in the Second Degree, Unlawtul Use of a Weapon, Assault in the Third Degree (3 counts), Criminal Mistreatment in the First Degree (3 counts), Assault in the Fourth Degree, and Harassment. Macias was convicted of Assault in the Second Degree, Criminal Mistreatment in the First Degree (2 counts), Assault in the Third Degree (2 counts), and Strangulation. Sentencing is scheduled for January 3, 2023.
