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Child Abuse Charges - Continued from page 1
Dunnellon couple injured in
single-vehicle crash
head. The report stated that the child had an older laceration to her forehead that Reinhart
said was due to a shelf falling onto the victim’s head.
A single-vehicle traffic crash on S.W. 210th Ave. Marion County, around 8:20 p.m.,
The agency conducted interviews with others who reside with the child and Rein-
July 14, resulted in serious injuries to the driver and critical injuries to the passenger.
hart and with others who do not. According to the people who live in the home, the bruises
to the eyes and forehead were first noticed on July 6, when Reinhart told them the child
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Thomas Piller, 33, of Dunnellon, was
had fallen into the pool, however, no one had witnessed the incident. Reinhart told two wit-
driving a 2006 Buick LaCrosse, traveling north on S.W. 120th Avenue, and traveled across
nesses that she thinks the victim fell into the pool, not that she witnessed the incident.
the southbound traffic lane onto the sloped west shoulder and continued, out-of-control,
Witnesses said they’d cautioned Reinhart about being too rough with the victim
for about 284 feet north. The Buick rotated slghtly in a clockwise direction and crossed
and her three year-old sibling. They described Reinhart as having no patience and becom-
both traffic lanes of S.W. 210th Ave. for approximately 78 feet. The Buick continued out-
ing easily frustrated with the victim and her sibling. Behaviors they had seen Reinhart ex-
of-control onto the east shoulder of S.W. 210th Avenue and struck a tree with its left front
hibit toward the victim included yelling, profane language, excessive spanking, yanking-up
corner. The buick redirected off the tree, approximately 3 feet, where it came to rest.
roughly, slapping on the face and kicking.
The car then caught fire and burned. When the trooper arrived on the scene, the two
Witnesses at the home described hearing Reinhart yelling so loudly at the victim
occupants of the vehicle had been extricated from the car by witnesses who had arrived on
on Friday morning, July 8, while she was in the victim’s bedroom, that it disturbed others
the scene just after the crash had occurred, and the fire had been extinguished. The report by
in the home, and also of hearing the victim crying loudly while Reinhart was yelling. One
the trooper stated that the physical evidence of tire marks on the grass and yaw marks across
witness entered the room to see Reinhart sitting on the floor and the victim crying. Reinhart
the roadway indicated that the driver had failed to drive in a single lane.
appeared frustrated and stated, “She won’t listen.”
Neither incident was witnessed by anyone other than Reinhart. The report stated
The report stated that Piller, the driver, received serious injuries and his passenger,
that Reinhart was the sole caretaker of the victim at the time she said the incident at the pool
Jessica F. Klemm, 27, also of Dunnellon, received critical injuries. Both were transported to
had occurred, and Reinhart’s explanation of the incident “does not make sense” related to
Shand s Hospital in Gainesville. Piller was wearing a seatbelt, but it is unknown if Klemm
the child’s injuries, “which are consistent with blunt force trauma, such as a hard slap or
was. A blood alcohol level is pending on Piller.
punch.” The Child Protection Team examined and interviewed the victim on July 9, around
7:30 a.m. Both times the child was asked who hurt her, she replied that it was Reinhart.
During the followup interview with Reinhart, she stated that the child had a temper
tantrum, sometime between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on July 6, and she slapped her on the
head. She admitted that she’d made up the story that the victim had sustained the injuries
by falling into the pool, although the victim actully had lost her balance and fallen into the
pool, but she knew the slap had caused the injuries and not the victim’s fall into the pool.
Regarding the vaginal bruises, Reinhart admitted that she had kicked the victim, slightly
before 8:30 a.m., July 8, when she became frustrated and snapped, because the victim did
not listen to her and would not get dressed, and the three year-old was banging on the door,
trying to get out, which caused her to become more aggravated. She said she’d awakened
the household and they had yelled at her to quiet the children. She admitted that her friends
had cautioned her for being too rough with the children. Due to the agency’s investigation,
the victim was shelterd at a different residence. Read full report on thenewscaster.com.
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