PALMDALE – A Palmdale infant remains in critical condition and his parents are facing child abuse charges in connection with an April 1 incident, authorities said.
George Zachary Prime, 30, and Sahar Anita Prime, 31, aka Sahar Anita Rodriguez, are each charged with felony child abuse, and the complaint includes a special allegation that the defendants personally inflicted great bodily injury on Hayden P., a child under the age of five.
The victim is a 5-month-old baby boy who remains in critical condition at Children’s Hospital, Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami stated Thursday.
Sheriff’s detectives have not released details on how the alleged abuse occurred. “I can confirm that it is an active child abuse investigation, but we’re not releasing any information at this time,” said Sgt. Brian Hudson of the Sheriff Department’s Special Victims Bureau when contacted Thursday.
![George Prime publicly shared this image on Google Docs with the caption “Proud to be a dad.” [Picture altered to hide face]](https://www.theavtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Hayden-face-hidden-2.jpg)
That afternoon, deputies responded to a West Palmdale home in the 2500 block of Alexander Avenue regarding a baby not breathing, according to a Palmdale Sheriff’s Station crime broadcast.
An infant was rushed to the hospital, and deputies at the scene said a man in the home told them he had been playing with the baby and had swung the baby upside down. George Prime was arrested around 4:35 p.m. April 1, according to LASD inmate records. On April 6, George Prime and Sahar Prime were each charged with felony child abuse, and a warrant was issued for Sahar Prime’s arrest, according to court records.
Both defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges, and Sahar Prime was released on her own recognizance April 13, according to court records.
The criminal complaint was amended April 16 to include more than two dozen charges, many of them drug-related. George Prime was additionally charged with possessing a controlled substance (methamphetamine), being under the influence of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), and 19 misdemeanor counts of possessing an injection/ingestion device, according to the amended criminal complaint.
Both George Prime and Sahar Prime were additionally charged with maintaining a place for selling or using a controlled substance(methamphetamine) and cruelty to a child by endangering health, according to the amended criminal complaint. George Prime was further charged with resisting arrest and resisting an executive officer. The amended criminal complaint also alleges that George Prime suffered a prior felony conviction in 2002 for lewd acts with a child under age 14.
George Prime’s bail was increased Thursday to $235,000, and he remains in county jail.
Based on the amended charges, the deputy district attorney requested that Sahar Prime be remanded to custody, as well. A bail hearing for Sahar Prime is set for April 22, according to Hatami.
[Luis Meza contributed to this report.]
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UPDATED April 22, 2015: The bail review hearing for Sahar Prime started Wednesday but did not finish. Sahar Prime’s defense attorney, Carlos Morales, argued that his client should be allowed to remain out of custody on her own recognizance because she does not pose a danger to public safety, she has a clean record and she has been gainfully employed since 2003. He said Sahar Prime was at work on April 1 when the alleged child abuse occurred. Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami said Sahar Prime violated her deferred entry of judgment (DEJ) and should be remanded with bail set at $160,000. Sahar Prime was placed on DEJ after pleading no contest to petty theft in connection with an incident last year when she was caught stealing from Walmart with her newborn baby in tow, Hatami said. The bail review hearing is expected to continue Thursday.
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Anon says
Are there any updates? On the baby or the charges?
Sike says
Baby has permanent brain damage.
https://www.theavtimes.com/2015/04/24/hearing-reveals-details-of-palmdale-infant-abuse-case/
Junior says
This guy is a real piece of work and him and his bs drama have been more than over due for a visit from karma . He sends me a picture a few months back of a machette so in return I sent him a picture of a street corner. Rather than coming to vist then he goes straight to talking about calling the sheriff cause he knows I am nothing but a tweeker! F@#! You punk I do what it takes daily to provide love and a stable home for your kids you piece of sh$!. And they call me dad because I love and am doing the best I know to get better at doing your job since all you care about is running around getting your weenie wet with another mans wife which just so happened to be one of palmdales most wanted for child endangerment boy o boy cats out the bag and Ill be damned if birds dont really flock together! And as for John and his comment about the rest of the family being so good well wrong I know that his cousin that had been married to my brother turned out to be the biggest bag whore in littlerock and as soon as he ditched her he now takes care of his five awesome kids and never has to look back knowing that this is the gene sespool that they came from. So hopefully the next picture I get is of a cell with that machette and a pool of blood . For once the sheriff succeeded on doing something postive . A.C.A.B JUST SAYIN. If the mother had done her job and ran a background check on her man like she does for people all day at work she could have figured out that he had a long line of issues including numerous suicide attempts only cause he was to chicken sh@$ to do it right. So she should get dealt with accordingly . The child was clearly doomed from the start I will be praying for him.
Jake says
Hahaha your taking about Jacob reed i know that fool is a work of art! He was a super abusive tweeker to his ex wife. I remember seeing him beat her so i beat his ass. Thats when he went to jail and she divorced him. Lol then he wouldn’t sign the papers took several attempts at serving him. Lol too funny
Jake says
This is jake and no ever beat my ass I never beat Tina and I would love to see you say that to my face
Jake says
but I do agree with you on the other facts. Lol
Anonymous says
What a bunch of sick individuals. Losers! An innocent child, an infant to top it off. Just to think I used to work with this scum turns my stomach!!!
Sad says
So agree with you. It has nothing to do with who did what or who is doing who. It has to do with this child and that those who hurt him pay for it
Ummm.... says
So… Would this couple be the ‘Prime suspects’ in this case?
(sorry.. couldn’t help myself)
ItsMe says
Wasn’t some nut case going all over FB defending the father when all this happened? He swore the father was a great dad and had nothing to do with this? He even said he has insider information pffft
To that person who wanted to spread lies and slander others when the truth is finally out….. I bet you feel like a dumb a$$ don’t you.
Bob says
Typical AV scum!
moron says
Bob this stuff happens all over the globe, not just the AV
Bob says
There was an article awhile back in Readers Digest. Readers Digest is an international publication. The article identified the Antelope Valley as the child abuse capitol of the USA! Yes I know this kind of “stuff” as you say happens all over the world. But in this article, Antelope Valley, CA was identified as the worst of the worst. The AV, what a sewer!
AppleTree says
I’m sadden, but not surprised..this behavior runs in the Prime family, God be with the innocent child. As a therapist, I have witnessed the power of family therapy, tgis is one family that could use it.
john says
And how exactly do you know the prime family? Or do you know one of them and you’re judging them all?
AppleTree says
I am not in the position to judge anyone, but there are quite a few theories on “learned behaviors” in which I happen to specialize in. Lastly, I referred to the family (plural) not family member (singular, the Antelope Valley, Santa Clarita, Saugus, Elizabith Lake areas are quite small so…you can take that for whatnot is worth.
john says
But you never answered the initial question. How do you know the primes?
yes, you are judging them. Yes I understand learned behaviors but if you really know the primes the parents are great people and the other brothers are good productive members of society. sometimes there’s just a bad seed.
Pablo says
You both are playing [removed]. Just seat back and read the paper stop with your gibberish!
Irena says
Isn’t that coming close to disclosing privileged information?
rose says
DCFS is one of the biggest jokes. They remove children and the judges return them right back to the parents who NEVER change. Social workers are overworked and given huge amounts documentation to do. The judges are the real problem. They decide, regardless of DCFS recommendations, the ultimate fate of the child.
Danelda says
well i would agree with ya rose and almost did but then i realized dcfs is not a joke cuz aint nothing funny about the evil corrupt sick acts they pull. but if they wete doing it to social workes not innocent kids n families i would be lmao. fo sho as they say in the ghetto
Sike says
F*k that bitch ass fool George prime. He’s a f*king snitch too. Bitch ass lame. He ran from me and calls the cops. but is a f*king pedophile and messes with little innocent kids. hope his Lame ass gets f*k3d in his ass. I wish I could have got my hands on him. Karma is a bitch George.ha ha have fun in prison bitch
biggchris661 says
I would love to have him in my cell for a while see how much he could take before he was crying like a baby
Sikesosick says
That fool is a lame and a rat.
CONCERNED CITIZEN says
ARE U A PREDATOR BIGCHRISS? YOU TALK LIKE A RAPIST THAT HAS PEROETRADED SEX CRIMES BEFORE
E Freebird says
Meth and babies don’t mix…but you know DCFS, they’ll be giving this couple a criminal waiver in a couple years and have them fostering other people’s children.
WHAT? says
Why would you say that? Do you really know that? And if you do, how do you know that? Its next to impossible to become a foster parent. And there is NO SUCH WAIVER for something like this!!!!! Please dont make foster parents, DCFS or foster agencies look bad based on your assumption.
Danelda says
@What sorry to be the bearer of bad news but what Freebird said is sadly far too often standard procedure for the child protective system franchises known as dcfs offices and foster agencies and i work with the children the families and social workers etc., and there are some decent people employed within dcfs but generally they are human service assistants or office clerks and not social workers. i have met one foster parent out of probably thousands. generally a foster parent who provides adequate care and is not outright dangerous is the best you get and all u need to become a foster parent is 16 or less hours of training with none of that time with children and at no time prior to first placement are these paid parental units supervised interacting with children in any way and the is a 4 question paper that is mostly about how to tell the pervs on myspace and one foster agency i wont name but starts with Wald that counts that paper as 4 credit hours whether answers are correct or not and a cpr card. yea they do a background check but if a criminal background comes up just do what one foster parent i know did and say i dont know how that got on my record. wasnt me n dcfs accepts that n figures someone else used the name yea and borrowed fingerprints too. so sorry but freebird did not assume. she speaks the truth
What? says
So you have become a foster parent before? You have been through the HELL they put you through to become a foster parent? Yes there are some TERRIBLE foster parents out there, BELIEVE ME I KNOW MORE THAN ANYONE, I have been a part of the foster system for 23 years. And even tho you think you know exactly what you are talking about, you dont.
How do you know you only need 16 hours of training? You need 16 hours of training in order to KEEP your license. But you need 40+ hours to become one. There are MORE than 100 pieces of paper that have to be filled out. You have to have three sets of fingerprints done. You have to have packets that are at least 10 pages long mailed to MINIMUM 6 people who ARE NOT RELATED to you, to do a full evaluation on you as a person, and they are never seen by the person becoming a foster parent, so you have NO idea what was said. And just those alone can have you denied your license. It takes a minimum of 4 months to be approved for foster care. They come into your home a minimum of 4 times before you are approved and watch you interact with family AS WELL as go through pretty much every cupboard, drawer and closet in your home. You have so many rules in what your home has to pass, most people stop there cause they dont want to have to lock up butter knifes. Which you have to do. Here is a link for you to go to of just ONE of the checklists you have to have PERFECT http://www.ccld.ca.gov/res/pdf/FFHSelfAssessmentGuide.pdf
And the agency that you named but didnt name- Walden is no longer in the AV. I was a foster parent with them for many years and there was pretty much NOTHING you were able to get away with them. They were one of the best agencies out here,and did so much good for the kids in their care, so unless you actually worked with them, you shouldnt be judging. And where did you learn that, that paper you are speaking of counts? And what is the name of that paper so I can learn from you, cause apparently you know so much.
You have to have CPR, yes you are right. You ALSO HAVE TO HAVE, water safety certificate, a first aid class, classes in how to deal with drug babies, mentally handicapped, you have to pass tests in how to administer medication, how to properly feed children, how to change their diapers, how to talk to them, how to deal with EVERY AGE issues that might come in to play and countless more…..and the only classes that the agency pays for are the ones that are required for the 40+ hours. We have to pay for CPR, water safety, three finger prints (which are usually $60 a piece) Anyone who spends more than one hour a week in your home once a month MUST HAVE ALL THEIR PERSONAL information on file, INCLUDING FINGER PRINTS. They also have to go to classes. Which is NOT PAID for by the agency, its an out of pocket expense.
I have no idea what you are talking about with the record thing and saying you can say you have no idea how that got there. I know of a couple who was trying to become foster parents, and they were in their late 40’s. He had a record from when he was 16 getting caught doing marijuana and they were declined for a license. Its AGAINST THE LAW to allow anyone to assume that their fingerprints were used and names borrowed, and if you have heard of that happening, you should alert authorities….and how come you havent if you KNOW that is happening? And if youre not going to, maybe you can give all of us the names so WE CAN DO THE RIGHT THING AND DO IT FOR YOU!
Because of things that you just wrote are reasons why foster parents who work their BUTTS OFF everyday to provide good care for children get a bad name!!!! YES THERE ARE terrible foster parents and I have turned some in myself!!! But, there are also good ones, and people who may want to become a foster parent to save a childs life and give them love and care until something happens for them….and what you are saying, scare them away. There are 80,000 children in foster care in Los Angeles county alone. Every day there are babies being born at AV hospital who have NO WHERE to go, so they are going to something called command post where social workers care for them until they can find them a home. BRAND NEW, OUT OF THE HOSPITAL BABIES!!!!! And because of uneducated people like you who think they know EVERYTHING, people are scared to become foster parents…………And if you think foster parents are so corrupt, how come you dont become one? Thanks for dragging, mine, DCFS and any other foster parents who may read this names through the mud!
Danelda says
@what sorry for delay in responding. As for contacting the authorities they r basically where the info came from regarding a lady i will call christina l. If u can get someone to listen feel free to have them contact me. As for the myspace thing counting as 4 hours credit it was on waldens monthly newsletter @march or may 2006. Any claims i have made here i have paperwork to back it up. And as for not knowing wjat im talking about perhaps u missed the part where i said i wotk with children n their families, lawyers, judges, foster parents even social workers every day. And as for giving u a bad name, is what ur real name because if not i dont think i can give a bad name to someone who is not even using their real name. Also for anyone who is or knows someone being harassed by dcfs or had children wrongfully or illegally taken or made complaints of abuse of a child that were ignored or if u r interested in learning more about the multi billion dollar industry calling itself dcfs or child protective services please contact me at:661-524-5183 or 661-470-4057 or visit online at: http://govabuse.com or check us out on facebook. There is also info on our 5th annual nationwide dcfs protest coming in september.
Really? says
are you kidding? Become a foster parent is extremely EASY. As long as you have an “income” (welfare,SSI ect,) and a bedroom you can foster. Some people have become fosters with criminal backgrounds. Now adopting isn’t so easy. SMH
What? says
Just incase you didnt know, welfare is not an acceptable means of income. You need BEYOND more than that to become one, and if its so easy, how come you arent one??? And if its so easy how come there arent more foster parents??? Why are there becoming less and less homes to place foster children? And how did you know they became foster parents with criminal backgrounds?? And if you are speaking of speeding tickets, thats not criminal….and thats pretty much the only thing you can have on your record to become a foster parent. No adopting is NOT EASY, and NEITHER IS FOSTER CARE!
JOKES says
Foster agencies and DCFS *are* jokes. I worked for an agency that was more concerned about lining their pockets than doing what was best for the children. I tried to make a difference, but $$$ was the bottom line, so I left. There are good individuals everywhere. Unfortunately in that industry, the bad outweigh the good. It doesn’t have a bad name because of a few bad apples – the reputation of corruption, laziness and irresponsibility has been EARNED and so far, can’t be overcome by the few good seeds trying to make a difference.
Ivanna Moove says
And giving them a crap ton of money to do so. Gotta love our system right?
Johnny Trece says
Don’t get me started with DCFS!
Really says
Friggen Methheads should not be allowed to have or be around babies and children. To top it off he has a record for lewd acts with a child under 14…hang this waste of space! Take her baby from her she does not deserve to be a mother!