LONG BEACH -- A 22-year-old Long Beach woman charged with felony child abuse in connection with her two-year-old son's slaying was denied her request to be released from jail on her own recognizance Thursday.
Defendant Cameo Green appeared more than a week ahead of her scheduled preliminary hearing setting to request the release, which would have allowed her to be let out of jail without posting bail pending her trial.
Green is charged along with her boyfriend, 26-year-old Hector Ernest Jr., who is charged with murder for the beating death of the toddler, Deandre Fitzgerald Green.
Long Beach Police began their investigation after the couple, who lived in a Long Beach apartment with the toddler, took the child to Long Beach Memorial Medical Center on March 20.
The boy was unconscious and, though emergency room staff worked on him for 45 minutes, he was pronounced dead within less than an hour of arriving at the hospital.
Ernest was arrested the following day on suspicion of murder. He wasn't formally charged until last month, when Green was also arrested.
The child's father and his family came out shortly after Ernest's arrest and said they had complained about signs of abuse on the two-year-old to Hawthorne Police and Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services officials to no avail.
Ernest is charged with one count each of murder, assault on a child causing death and child abuse. The complaint also alleges Ernest was on probation at the time of his arrest for a 2009 conviction of having a concealed firearm in a vehicle, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
Green is charged with one count of child abuse. The complaint further alleges that Green failed to protect the child, resulting in his death, according to the DA.
Prosecutors allege Ernest inflicted the fatal injury on March 20.
If convicted on all counts, Green faces a maximum state prison term of 10 years and Ernest faces the possibility of 25 years to life, authorities said.
Both defendants have pleaded not guilty and are scheduled to return to the Long Beach Superior Court on June 1.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department jail records show bail was set at $1 million for Green and Ernest is being without bail due to the probation violation.
Defendant Cameo Green appeared more than a week ahead of her scheduled preliminary hearing setting to request the release, which would have allowed her to be let out of jail without posting bail pending her trial.
Green is charged along with her boyfriend, 26-year-old Hector Ernest Jr., who is charged with murder for the beating death of the toddler, Deandre Fitzgerald Green.
Long Beach Police began their investigation after the couple, who lived in a Long Beach apartment with the toddler, took the child to Long Beach Memorial Medical Center on March 20.
The boy was unconscious and, though emergency room staff worked on him for 45 minutes, he was pronounced dead within less than an hour of arriving at the hospital.
Ernest was arrested the following day on suspicion of murder. He wasn't formally charged until last month, when Green was also arrested.
The child's father and his family came out shortly after Ernest's arrest and said they had complained about signs of abuse on the two-year-old to Hawthorne Police and Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services officials to no avail.
Ernest is charged with one count each of murder, assault on a child causing death and child abuse. The complaint also alleges Ernest was on probation at the time of his arrest for a 2009 conviction of having a concealed firearm in a vehicle, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
Green is charged with one count of child abuse. The complaint further alleges that Green failed to protect the child, resulting in his death, according to the DA.
Prosecutors allege Ernest inflicted the fatal injury on March 20.
If convicted on all counts, Green faces a maximum state prison term of 10 years and Ernest faces the possibility of 25 years to life, authorities said.
Both defendants have pleaded not guilty and are scheduled to return to the Long Beach Superior Court on June 1.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department jail records show bail was set at $1 million for Green and Ernest is being without bail due to the probation violation.
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