UPDATE: Joshua Jameson Sagayo Sentenced For Beating Of Toddler
SAGAYO RECEIVES SEVEN YEAR PRISON SENTENCE
by Angela Blanchard
WKTU Ankorage, Alaska
Friday, Aug. 15, 2008 – An Anchorage man who pleaded guilty to beating a 22-month-old child in his care has been sentenced to serve seven years in prison.
Joshua Sagayo, 24, pleaded guilty in May to second degree assault for beating 22-month-old Asi Sekona.
According to court documents Sagayo and his wife were taking care of the boy after a cousin abandoned him.
The documents also show Sagayo admitted to slapping the boy, hitting his head on the floor several times, and shaking him until he was unresponsive.
An Anchorage judge gave Sagayo the maximum sentence for second degree assault and banned him from contact with children under 16.
Sagayo was also ordered to undergo domestic violence and parenting courses before he can see his own children.
Sagayo did not speak to the court but his attorney, Megan Dolleris, read a statement on his behalf.
“I’d like to conclude with a statement that Mr. Sagayo made in his pre-sentence worksheet. He says, ‘I bare the burdens of my actions and hold myself fully responsible. The only joy I have now is that when I leave this situation, I will be better off than when I first arrived. It’s an expensive lesson that I deem expensive on the grounds that I’m losing valuable time with my family that I will never be able to recoup,’” said Dolleris.
Anchorage Superior Court Judge Eric Aarseth reminded Sagayo he had permanently injured the young child.
“He may not ever have a chance to have children, may not ever have a chance to be a parent because simply he’ll have too many challenges,” said Aarseth. “It won’t be possible and I think that you need to do something beyond what the court is going to order if you truly are remorseful to do something for that child.”
The toddler suffered a traumatic brain injury and is now in foster care.
In a related story, Asi Sekona’s biological mother Tuloto Malaki, who allegedy abandoned the child and forced Joshua Sagayo and his wife, Seteli Sagayo, to take custody of him, has been in court fighting to regain little Asi. Check out these excerpts from James Halpin’s article in the Anchorage Daily News:
Nearly a month after a 22-month-old toddler was beaten within an inch of his life, his accused attacker remains in jail, his mother is waging a court battle to regain custody.
Asi is taking steps toward recovery, Tuloto Malaki, the boy’s mother, said Wednesday. He’s begun eating solid foods again and is opening his eyes, Malaki said.
Malaki said Asi is able to get up by himself and could be going to Denver soon for treatment.
“Right now, he’s a miracle baby,” Malaki said. “He’s getting better, but it takes time for him to get better to how he used to be.”
Asi was in the care of Sagayo and his wife, Seteli Sagayo, at the time of the assault, but the state assumed protective custody after the beating. Asi’s mother has been fighting to get her child back since.
“What happened happened, but I wasn’t there,” she said. “Right now, I’m doing everything I can to prove I didn’t abandon my son.”
That process continued Wednesday when Malaki went to court. Zachary Manzella, an attorney representing Asi’s biological father, successfully requested that the judge close Wednesday’s custody hearing
Asi’s father is currently serving a prison term in California.
Jesus, this poor little baby never had a chance, did he? Mom’s a loser, dad’s in prison, and the two people who were supposed to be watching out for him let him down in a HUGE way, especially Joshua Sagayo, who nearly killed Asi and left him with permanent traumatic brain injury.
As is usual in all these cases of child neglect and abuse, no one gives a damn about the kid until he’s either dead or scarred for life. He gets shuffled from family member to family member because no one wants to care for him, and after the tragedy is over everyone say, “What a sad, sad story”. I do my best to make people aware of all the Asi Sekonas of the world, so they aren’t forgotten, but some days it feels like I’m pissing on a forest fire.
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At least you aren’t pissing alone, Max. Maybe if enough of us do it, we can actually have some impact.
This message board is just the catalyst and the frustration board for many of us. The symbolic hell voting is just a tiny thing, but when you see hundreds of votes on a story, that translated to THOUSANDS (or even ten’s of thousands) of us who are sick and tired of this crap.
My hope is that there are people who stumble across PYSIH who may take a second look at themselves or the people around them and make some changes. And that others, who maybe were victims of the madness will be able to understand that the criminals are to blame, not the victims (usually) and can work towards recovery.
Don’t get discouraged. While we read about the nastiest of the nasty, the cruel and the stupid – there are WAY more of us than them.
‘I bare the burdens of my actions and hold myself fully responsible. The only joy I have now is that when I leave this situation, I will be better off than when I first arrived. It’s an expensive lesson that I deem expensive on the grounds that I’m losing valuable time with my family that I will never be able to recoup,’” said Dolleris.
This is an odd and and complicated language. Lucky for you all that I can translate for you-
‘I “bare” the burdens’-
‘I’m whiney because I don’t like being in jail.
‘Hold myself fully responsible-
‘My lawyer explained that they had absolute proof that I beat this chld almost to death, so even though it isn’t fair that I should be treated like some criminal, I admitted it and hope the judge will be lenient on me.’
‘The only joy I have now is that when I leave this situation, I will be better off than when I first arrived.’-
‘When I first got into court, I thought they’d give me the death sentence. Then I was told that because the stupid baby didn’t die, they can’t sentence me to death. Yay for me!’
‘It’s an expensive lesson ‘
I’ve learned from this that when you beat babies, you should do it in a way that nobody will ever find out about. I’m just glad I didn’t have to pay for the stupid babie’s hospital care.’
‘I’m losing valuable time with my family that I will never be able to recoup’-
‘It isn’t fair that I have to be punished for this. It’s going to really eff up my life. I just mentioned my family because I was advised that I might get a shorter sentence if I acted like I cared about them. I don’t, really. Who cares about them, though. Hee-hee.’
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In that short sentence, this POS managed to use the word ‘I’ seven times. He also threw a ‘my’ and ‘myself’.
Narcissitic Personality Disorded a tad?
c
Actually, Alaska doesn’t have the death penalty. There’s a big controversy over that right now.
Its nice to see someone finally thinking about the children as the Judge reminds this POS of the permanent injuries he has caused this child and to do something for the child whose life he has permanently affected ! Unfortunately it sounds like loser boy here has more remorse for the money he has lost and his own family …… well gee should of thought about that before you beat up a defense less child eh!
I am sick and tired of people believing, accepting and tolerating the ideal that children are disposable. We as a society MUST begin to take steps to ensure the health, safety, education and well being of all of our children. They are our future and they will give us what we gave them. If we don’t care about them, why should they care about us, each other or the very planet that we live on.
This poor child never had a chance. Every adult in his young life failed him. Now he must pay the price for Sagayo’s actions and his birth mother’s selfishness. Neither Sagayo, his wife (or girlfriend) or Malaki should ever have access to children ever again. Period. All are guilty in my book. Seven years in prison? Not enough.
invent a pill or chemical that doesnt allow males or females to reproduce until after the age of 25. Give them time to have some sense. PARENTS, children learn what they live.
What we need to do is remove the profitability of having children, while still seeing that they are cared for. A few easy suggestions are:
1) stop paying welfare to the entitlement queen. As it stands now, these babies guarantee them a paycheck, a roof over their heads, free food, free medical care, free baby sitters, etc, etc, etc. for at least 18 years. And if they get one who is “damaged” (or make one damaged) the paycheck continues for life.
2) to protect the children, give the mother’s supplies. Give them food – not cash. Give them clothes – not cash. Give them a roof – not cash. You get the idea.
3) REQUIRE all welfare moms to take hard-core parenting classes before they get any benefits. Also require them to continue to take classes so long as they are on welfare.
4) Forbid any unmarried boyfriends to live with the family.
5) remove all children from mothers when there is neglect or abuse, or any other criminal activity. Make the mothers jump through serious hoops to get the kids back – drug tests, getting a job, whatever.
I understand about privacy rights, and I would be livid if someone did all this to me – so I would NOT GO ON WELFARE! But, if people are taking from society, they should be forced to submit to certain standards. I resent the hell out of paying for these people to pop out babies that they can’t or won’t care for. I want MY money to be used for taking CARE of children, not for giving ungrateful, lazy moms a paycheck. All the while balancing the needs of the seriously needy people who need a hand up, not a hand out.
I know of many good, decent loving mothers who have found themselves on the system. I have no issue with that – it’s what it is there for. But these women do whatever it takes to get OFF the system. It may be tougher for them because of these welfare pigs, but it still is only fair. If you want my tax money, you should have to work for it in some way. And, I bet that anyone who has gotten off the system through courage, hard work and dedication feels the same way.
What we need to do is remove the profitability of having children, while still seeing that they are cared for. A few easy suggestions are:
1) stop paying welfare to the entitlement queen. As it stands now, these babies guarantee them a paycheck, a roof over their heads, free food, free medical care, free baby sitters, etc, etc, etc. for at least 18 years. And if they get one who is “damaged” (or make one damaged) the paycheck continues for life.
2) to protect the children, give the mother’s supplies. Give them food – not cash. Give them clothes – not cash. Give them a roof – not cash. You get the idea.
3) REQUIRE all welfare moms to take hard-core parenting classes before they get any benefits. Also require them to continue to take classes so long as they are on welfare.
4) Forbid any unmarried boyfriends to live with the family.
5) remove all children from mothers when there is neglect or abuse, or any other criminal activity. Make the mothers jump through serious hoops to get the kids back – drug tests, getting a job, whatever.
I understand about privacy rights, and I would be livid if someone did all this to me – so I would NOT GO ON WELFARE! But, if people are taking from society, they should be forced to submit to certain standards. I resent the hell out of paying for these people to pop out babies that they can’t or won’t care for. I want MY money to be used for taking CARE of children, not for giving ungrateful, lazy moms a paycheck. All the while balancing the needs of the seriously needy people who need a hand up, not a hand out.
I know of many good, decent loving mothers who have found themselves on the system. I have no issue with that – it’s what it is there for. But these women do whatever it takes to get OFF the system. It may be tougher for them because of these welfare pigs, but it still is only fair. If you want my tax money, you should have to work for it in some way. And, I bet that anyone who has gotten off the system through courage, hard work and dedication feels the same way.
I started to get mad about the things you were saying at the beginning of your comment, but after I read further I did get some of what you said. YES, give families food and help with finding housing and jobs and childcare- but no cash. Sad thing is that those people who work systems will find a way to sell those diapers and formula.
You also forgot to inlude forcing any father who wants to have equal custody go through an intensive parenting class. And that either of the parents that have live-in situations have those live-ins get parental counseling as well.
When I used to work in banking, I use to see a lot of foster parents who were cashing checks for all their foster children Depending on the ratios (disabled kids get the best benefits) you could rake in several thousands of dollars a month doing fostering. Remove the financial payoff of fostering (only getting food, personal needs and housing credits}, and watch those foster parents bail. The benefit is that we’d at least still have people in it for the right reasons- because they love children and not money. There’s a reason why so few foster children are adopted by their foster parents- because if they adopt them they won’t get the government check.
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Oh, and– 7 years? That’s like 1 year in dog years. I wonder how many years that would be for beat-up little baby years?
c
If they sell the diapers and formula, take the kids. Put the mothers in jail for theft. It won’t take many to set an example.
I firmly believe that “most” crime is done because people know they can get away with it. No one even raises an eyebrow until the charges reach the (child) rape and murder level. Those Walmart thieving mamas do it because the rewards outweigh the punishment – if they even get caught.
If we came down hard on the creeps who do shit, there will still be a small number who are just bad seeds and will continue to commit crimes, but we will cut out a LOT of the people who do it because it’s easy.
For you and me, the thought of being in jail is horrific. But to someone who has been raised in the system, who has been a slave to the government’s intrusion so they can get their freebies, being in jail for a few days or even a few months is simply unpleasant. Jail is just a more stringent form of “the system”. It’s not a terrifying prospect, it’s just a place that they would rather not be. And they know damned well that short of rape or murder, they just do a small fraction of their time, get out, and do it all again.
We have GOT to change that. Putting a thief into jail for 5 years on a first offense may sound harsh, but I truly believe that THAT is a serious enough prospect that many people would rethink their actions. If nothing else, the statistics show that something like 5% of the population commit 90% of the crime (I don’t know the actual numbers – but its something like that). If we put that 5% behind bars for long times, crime would have to go down, right?
I agree with what is being said.
It seems to me Mommy wants the injured baby because now the baby may be entitled to SSI payments!. The SH(Sperm Hatchery) will cash live off of money earmarked for Asi’s welfare.
My X sister-in-law and her pothead sperm doner had a child with (excuse the misspellings here) Cleff Lip and Pallet. On top of receiving FREE medical care, there was a check for $550 a month in SSI disability…….. that’s like earning $825 before taxes……..
So now little Asi is going to be a prize, a goose laying a nice golden egg each month, a free ride on the system, a charity case and maybe even a baby if SH decides to be a mother someday!
He should have gotten a lot more than 7 years jail time. Why wasn’t he charged with attempted murder? He left a toddler permanently disabled. People get more jail time for selling weed.
Good ol’ Josh…strong like ox, smart like train!!! What a piece of junk! In his “statement” to the court, which he didn’t even have the ‘plums’ to read himself, there isn’t one friggin’ iota of remorse for the little boy he beat to a pulp!
No, he didn’t learn that it’s totally wrong to beat defenceless people; he only learned that legal stuff is expensive in that he will be missing “valuable” family time. What? After sitting his fat ass in prison and doing some soul-searching, that’s all he could come up with?? Perfect example of a pyschopath. I’ll just bet his family is gonna miss that time with their beloved baby-beater, too.
Oh, and by the way biatch, you look real pretty in yellow! Have fun at the bottom of the prison scum pond d-bag!
He is obviously a small man who only knows how to pick on someone smaller and weaker than him. I hope he gets his head kicked in in prison.
He didn’t read his own statement in court because his lawyer wrote it, Joshua is illiterate, and he couldn’t decipher it if he tried. Read the statement again. Doesn’t that sound like some windbag attorney’s attempt at contrition? If I’d been the judge, I might have looked over at Joshua after that little performance and said, “Can you define the words “deem” and “recoup” for me?”
It is more than likely that the POS’s atty wrote his court statement because he is not remorseful- not that he is illiterate.
How the fuck do you beat up a 2 year old? After the first couple of punches, isn’t it clear that the baby isn’t going to win?
The ‘mother’ wasn’t there? Um, yes she was, by leaving her child in this POS’s care. She should be prosecuted for neglect, and should be spayed.
I will never understand people who put up with abuse unless they are children who can’t leave. I was abused as a child- I have never put up with being abused as an adult. I would certainly NEVER allow my children to experience what I went through.
People like this do not deserve to be parents. They should be sterilized and given a form-written suicide note to guide them, so that we don’t have to pay for their stupid incarceration.
Just my thoughts.
c
I most certainly agree. How dare that big ugly mountain of flesh treat a baby in that way!! He said he was frustrated because the baby wouldn’t stop crying, i think most babies would cry if they got slapped or slammed into furniture! As for the mother, it was her selfish actions that led to her poor baby having to suffer the beatings in the first place. She obviously didn’t want kids in the first place if she can abandon her baby at such a young age. I hope the poor little mite goes to a family who give him the love and care that he’s so far missed out on.
I can’t believe that Sagayo only got 7 years. Little Ari will live with the trauma from this forever. I hope the Ari continues to get better with each day and receives the very best in life. I hope Sagayo never has any contact with Ari again. I do hope Sagayo rots in hell!
This is the guy who fuckin was wit my biological dad, Fine Teumohenga Sekona, when they robbed tht mom by gun-point. Wtf? Damn… this is some pretty fucked up shit…