Couple, Brian Juelz Joseph, 22, and Priscilla Melina Martinez, 20, arrested after 10-week-old twins suffered numerous bone fractures

Infants suffered 'acute factures are too many to list,' the Sheriff's Office said.

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Brian Juelz Joseph, 22, and Priscilla Melina Martinez, 20, both of Brooklyn, were charged with two counts each of child abuse and/or neglect. (Marion County Jail, Marion County Jail / June 1, 2011)

Orlando Sentinel
12:39 p.m. EDT, June 2, 2011

A couple from New York are being held in Marion County on charges of abusing their 10-week-oldtwins, the Sheriff's Office said.

The infants suffered "acute factures are too many to list,'' a statement from the Marion County Sheriff's Office said.

Priscilla Melina Martinez, 20, and Brian Juelz Joseph, 22, both of Brooklyn, were charged with two counts each of child abuse and/or neglect.

They are being held without bond. The couple were visiting with infants' grandmother before their arrests.

"In late May of this year the babies' grandmother urged Martinez to take the infants to the hospital,'' the Sheriff's Office said.

"Full skeletal surveys" conducted by a child-protection team and doctors revealed the extensive bone damage.

The babies are now being "sheltered by the Department of Children and Families,'' the statement added.

No other information was released.

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Deputies: Twin Infants Had Fractures 'Too Many To List'
New York Couple Arrested In Marion County

POSTED: Thursday, June 2, 2011
UPDATED: 11:47 am EDT June 2, 2011

MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- A Brooklyn, N.Y., couple was arrested in Central Florida on child abuse charges after their 10-week-old twins were found with fractures "too many to list."

Priscilla Melina Martinez, 20, and Brian Juelz Joseph, 22, face two counts of child abuse and/or neglect. Both are being held without bond.

According to the Marion County Sheriff's Office, the grandmother of the infants last month urged the mother of the children to take them to a hospital.

Deputies said a child protection team, along with doctors, conducted full skeletal surveys of the twins and found numerous acute fractures in both children. The number of fractures were too many to list, deputies said.

Investigators said Martinez and Joseph were found visiting the infants’ grandmother in Marion County and were arrested.

The twins have been placed in the custody of the Department of Children and Families.

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I would like to know if the Dept of Children & Families had been previously called to their home.

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