South Bay Deadbeat Dads
Two South Bay dads have received the dubious distinction of being among the
county's 10"most egregious" child support scofflaws.
Jamarri Burkett of Gardena (left) pleaded no contest on Oct. 30, 2000, to a charge of failing to pay $67,261 in support for his son. A court also found him to be in violation of his probation, and he failed to appear at sentencing for the probation violation. On June 4, 2002, a warrant was issued for his arrest.
David Ough (right), whose previous known addresses were in Torrance and Rancho PalosVerdes, pleaded no contest on April 19, 2005, to a charge of failing to pay $198,954 in support for his 8-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son. It is believed that Ough is the president and owner of a consulting company. An arrest warrant was issued for him on Aug. 4, 2006.
The Child Support Services Department, in conjunction with District Attorney Steve Cooley and Supervisor Don Knabe, unveiled a new program earlier this week aimed at catching child-support-payment evaders. Fashioned after the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, the county will put up posters around the county in an effort to track down the evaders. Together, they owe more than $2 million in unpaid child support for 17 children.
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how many O.J. Simpson and Darren Mack's do you need before you understand that family court is a corrupt mess? how many fathers commiting suicide do you need? how many successful fathers do you need to destroy financially before your lust is satisfied? how many false paternity, false domestic violence, false child molestation charges do you need to make before you feel like a powerful little feminist? how many men do you need to turn off to marriage and paternity? how many innocent young boys do you need to stigmatize for life with sexual predator charges for winking at a school girl? radical feminism and the courts have become drunk with power victimizing men and every single american with even half a brain knows this as well as there own name. you the reader certainly do. don't you? shame on anyone who supports this war on fathers. shame on the courts and universities. shame on a special group of individuals who have made this travesty their trade. fred