Ke Anthony Blackmon, 29, and Averee Savage, 27, are both in Santa Rosa County Jail facing federal charges, including possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing Fentanyl. Savage reportedly recently became an informant against Blackmon. On Monday, Dynisha Blunt, a corrections officer at Santa Rosa Correctional Institute, located next to the county jail, was jailed and now faces felony child abuse charges involving Savage’s two young children, whom the State of Florida had placed in her care.
Blackmon, left, is reportedly is not to be the father of Savage’s injured children. They’ve both been at Santa Rosa County Jail since January. If convicted as charged, they each face a minimum mandatory of 10 years up to life imprisonment on the drug charges.
Blunt, 33, and her partner, Etantania Williams, 35, were booked April 27 into Escambia County Jail and charged with two felony counts of child neglect with great bodily harm related to multiple injuries to Savage’s three-year-old son and one-year-old daughter. Blunt was issued a $500,000 bond and Williams was issued a $250,000 bond.
Blunt, left, and Williams had seven children in their care – only Savage’s children had injuries
The injuries came to light after Blunt took the boy to West Florida Hospital then took off before he could receive treatment.
Police reports state there were four biological and three fosters, including Savage’s two children, in the women’s care. None of the biological children nor the other foster care child had injuries. Only Savage’s two children had injuries.
Savage’s three-year-old son reportedly had:
- Bruising to the right temple and cheek
- Abrasions on his mouth and chin
- Bruising on the back right of his head, and also missing hair
- Bruising on left ear, left temple and along his spine
- Abrasions on his right shoulder and the right side of his back
- Bruising on the left side of his chest
- Abrasions and bruising along his left arm and left abdomen
- Bi-lateral knee bruising
- Abrasions on his right ankle
- Bi-lateral burns to his buttocks
- Abrasions to his right thigh
- Bi-lateral abrasions to his feet
- Swelling to the right of his head, caused by a hematoma
- Believed to be malnourished
Savage’s one-year-old daughter reportedly had:
- A torn frenulum (small band of tissue connecting tongue to bottom of the mouth)
- Bruising to the left front forehead
- Bruising to her right cheek
- Bruising to her right upper arm
- Bruising to her left shoulder
- Bruising to her left hand
- Bruising to her fingers on her left hand
- Bruising on both thighs and lower legs
- Bruising on her right foot
- Bruising on her buttocks
- Bruising on her right axillary (armpit)
- Laceration on her lower lip
A source close to the case reports that Savage had recently become an informant against Blackmon and that the injury to her daughter’s tongue was a “signal” to the Savage to stop talking.
It is unknown at this time why the Florida Department of Children and Families and/or FamiliesFirst Network approved placement of Savage’s children with the duo in January, considering a maternal family member has been trying to get custody.
Savage’s children were reported to be overseen by Loren Dabbs and Georgiana Thompson. Both women are believed to work for FamiliesFirst Network as a case worker and supervisor, respectively.
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