Jodi and Robert Dionne and Ex-Boyfriend Lukeus Poirier Beat, Gagged, and Choked Dionne Children for Years
In Nashua, NH, Jodi and Robert Dionne, parents of a girl and three boys, and Jodi’s former boyfriend, Lukeus Poirier,were arrested for abusing the Dionne children. The kids, now nine, eight, six, and five years old, endured years of being beat with belts, getting tied up and gagged with duct tape, and being held underwater in the bathtub until they choked. The youngest child, then one years old, was left in a playpen to cry frantically while his siblings were gagged.
Robert and Jodi, who are now divorced, told police they thought using duct tape three to four times a week to restrain the children was an acceptable form of discipline. Jodi, who dated Lukeus from 2004 to 2005, said that he showed her how to hold the kids underwater to discipline them when they misbehaved. Lukeus also hit the kids with a belt.
All four kids were placed with a foster family a year ago because of other reports of abuse. However, the stories of gagging and drowning didn’t surface until the children confided in their foster parents last month
The oldest boy, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, told police his mom spanked with her hand, but that his dad spanked with a belt. He also said that Robert would tell the the kids to go out in the wild and kill themselves.
The six-year-old boy said Lukeus was a mean guy who drowned him in the tub. The girl said her mother held down her head while Lukeus held her feet. The oldest boy said that his mother tried to drown him too, but that Lukeus stopped her and his mom apologized.
Jodi was charged with four counts of reckless conduct. Robert was charged with four counts of criminal restraint. Each one of their charges can get them up to seven years in prison.
Beside second-degree assault, Lukeus was charged with aggravated felonious sexual assault of a girl under age 9. He could get up to 20 years in prison for this.
Court records reveal a pattern of domestic violence for both men.
Let’s give Jodi a big hand for picking not one, but two losers to beat her kids. Talk about bad taste in men.
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18 opinions for Jodi and Robert Dionne and Ex-Boyfriend Lukeus Poirier Beat, Gagged, and Choked Dionne Children for Years
exdispatcher
Feb 13, 2007 at 8:34 am
Anyone else noticing the pattern here? Not-so-bright women who often abuse various substances, but don’t use contraceptives, choose idiot men to sleep with, then go to work while the losers stay home and beat up on the children they bring into the world …
Here’s a reasonable and compassionate mitigation strategy:
Who are we to judge these women for their lifestyle choices? After the first instance of child abuse, let’s take the children away and institute a policy of mandatory sterilization for all adults in the household. Of course most of the Social Services folks have the investigative skills of a bag of rocks and show more compassion for the abusers than the kids.
*sigh*
Bridget
Feb 13, 2007 at 9:32 am
I hate the POS men for their brutality and would seriously like to be the one to chop their f*cking balls off with a rusty axe. But what I feel for these women who let it happen to their kids, that’s so much worse.You protect your babies from all harm above all else. Period. I’ve seen alley cats (like the one that went in a burning building time after time to rescue her kittens,she had several) until she was so burned she almost died. That cat could teach this bitch and so many others what it REALLY means to be a mother.This bitch doesn’t deserve ovaries.
Rebecca
Feb 13, 2007 at 8:14 pm
exdispatcher : I kinda resent that remark!! As a social services worker, I’ll tell you that VERY IDEA has crossed my lips too…Take it up with the human rights people, they’ll have your hide!!
NOT ALL Social Services people “have the investigative skills of a bag of rocks and show more compassion for the abusers than the kids.” I can assure you of that. BUT we are ALSO dependant on the public to TELL US what they know. If the kids don’t disclose, AND there’s no physical evidence, it gets hard to help these kids. Parents have rights, whether they have the right to them or not.
meg
Feb 14, 2007 at 12:19 pm
I work at a mental health agecy as a case coordinator for adolescents…Sadly, I do tell Social Services or as it is known in Vermont, DCF/Family Services reports of abuse and/or neglect. Rarely is something done about it until it seems that things are too late–the kids are so messed up at that point it would be a mircale if they have functional lives…the woman that does intake for our district is the meanest lady alive…she will laugh at you, ask “Well, what do you want ME to do about it…” “If you were doing your job, you wouldn’t need to call me.” and so on…She is sarcastic, bitter and a bitch, pure and simple…these poor kids….
Francine Piatigorski
Feb 15, 2007 at 10:11 pm
I agree with Bridget, meg and exdispatcher cuz Jodi NEVER loves her poor children at all! She only loves herself! She is blissfully bitter! They should sterilize her so she couldn’t torture anymore of her kids!
rebl1128
Feb 17, 2007 at 10:37 pm
As much as I despise these parents, the saddest part to me is that in 20 years (or fewer) it’s these kids we’ll be seeing on this web site, abusing their multiple neglected illegitimate children.
M1309
Feb 19, 2007 at 7:30 am
Rebl1128: I am so happy to hear your optimistic outlook. It is my understanding these children are in foster care and are doing well in a safe, loving home. Most children who are given the chance to succeed - will. I don’t think there are any worries about these kids repeating their parents mistakes.
Emma
Feb 20, 2007 at 11:29 am
I grew up in a bad home home and was abused terribly. The person doing it, she was quite dumb, but we aren’t related genetically. She also chose to be a fool. My mother, who through negligence put me in that situation, should have been wiser, but she was a fool, too. A very smart one, too, she has an I.Q. of 155. I have a high I.Q. as well, but chose to be wise, especially after being on the receiving end of some….
My life is quite happy now and my children are happy, healthy, and loved.
M1309: A couple at my church adopted two foster children who were born to abusive drug addicted parents. Unless one was in the know, you could never tell. They’re healthy, happy, and popular.
Stella
Feb 27, 2007 at 2:19 pm
So, I’m not understanding the bit about the one man being charged for hitting a child under the age of…what was it…9? I understand smacking around, yes, that’s a problem, but define “hitting”, was it spanking or really hitting? Not that I’m defending this poor excuse for a human, but getting arrested and charged with a crime for spanking is news to me. (if that’s what it was). I’ll check back later for an answer.
alalee
Apr 5, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Robert Dionne found dead in jail cell:
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/11532665/detail.html
Bridget
Apr 5, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Good. One down, two to go.
Karen
Apr 5, 2007 at 5:00 pm
I do not belive what you have said bridget one down two to go. Noone deserves to die but i do belive they are to be punished .That is vey rude what you have said. That is my cousin you have just talked about. And from what i understand the goverment is covering something about my cousins death. also these children are still in an abusive fosterhome look in the reports my littles cousins have said there foster parents have hung them on hooks by there pants whats wrong with the systems these days!!!!!!
Jackie Fulford
Apr 10, 2007 at 8:10 am
I am not one to gossip so this is based on true facts. It is so easy to see and read things,whether true or false,to make a person out to be a monster. The young man in this article was my nephew-Robert P. Dionne-dead at 29 years of age. I do not feel comfortable discussing his death at this time, not until all the facts are in. I do not condone child abuse nor does anyone else in our family. I’m positive that if the abuse was noticed something would’ve been done a long time ago. These articles are based on Parents acting badly- I would like to comment on PARENTS TREATED BADLY-truth not gossip. On the morning of Roberts’ death, his dad,mom and younger sister went to the jail around 9 am to visit Robbie. They did what they usually did and was waiting in the visitors room with other visitors when a person from the jail came in and told them to go stand in a corner and stay there and the other visitors were told they had to leave, no visits today. They then were told that Robert was found dead in his cell at 6am.. They would not let his family see him as this is a policy of the jail and he was sent for an autopsy. They were told they would be called when the body was released. They did not get to see their only sons body until Friday at 3pm at the funeral parlor, 2 1/2 days after his death. How cruel was this, they did nothing wrong. It seems to me that they should’ve been notified immediately after his death at 6am, even by phone or a local policeman. How CRUEL was it for the rest of the family to see the BIG news on tv before being told? The funeral was very sad, seeing Robbie in ANOTHER place he did not belong. What was not reported is that Robbie was working with a case manager and doing everything he was told to do, parent classes(more than one) and anger management and whatever else he needed to do for his children. He did have monitored visitation with his children, which he looked forward to. At one visit he was labeled an alcoholic because he wore his #8 Dale Jr. shirt (they all liked racing) with the budweiser logo on it. Two steps forward,10 steps back. His parents at one time had temp custody of their Grandchildren with the court order that Robbie not be there,which he wasn’t. It seems someone called dcyf and they made a surprise visit to my brothers’ house. My brother had them wait a second to put their boxer dog in another room. They came in and looked for Robbie, which he wasn’t found as he wasn’t there, saw some of his clothes in his old room, and woke the children and took them to a foster home immediately, so they could investigate. They never got the children back. They had abided by the court order and were still treated as criminals. They have no criminal records or domestic violence in their household yet they are still not allowed to see their Grandchildren-Fair or Not? Truthfully, Aunt Jackie
Nat
Apr 10, 2007 at 8:34 am
The story is about the children and how they were treated, which was not good at all…the focus should be on the children and hopefully they are being treated better.
“Robert and Jodi, who are now divorced, told police they thought using duct tape three to four times a week to restrain the children was an acceptable form of discipline.” ???
“The oldest boy, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, told police his mom spanked with her hand, but that his dad spanked with a belt. He also said that Robert would tell the the kids to go out in the wild and kill themselves.”
Death doesn’t mean this didn’t happen
Jack Thissweetie
Jul 16, 2007 at 9:19 pm
I am not amazed that Aunt Jackie only speaks one sided. By the lack of intelligence you have, you really dont know much about your niece and nephews, do you? If you really want to please the readers. Answer this simple question:
We all know by reading articles that the children have been in foster homes for some two years now. Also seperated from each other. What kind of “AUNT” are you to allow these innocent kids to be floating around the system for so long? Why haven’t you stepped up to the plate……HMMMMM!!!!
Maybe you should be more appreciative that there is a family that is willing to help all four of them and reunite them as one. Siblings need each other to survive when the rest of their family are incompetent like yourself.
Stop making excuses for your family and findout the rest of the story before pointing fingers at someone else.
In case you cant read. I will make it simple. He admitted that he did these things. What evidence do you need.
Go down to the courthouse and request affidavits. They are public knowledge.
Daisy
Aug 9, 2007 at 4:50 am
I’ll keep this as brief as i can… i knew these people. Met them about 13 years ago or so. Rob was always nice to me, a good guy, but he had had a drug problem which he himself told me about. Jodi was very nice also, but the most polite way i can put it is dumber than dirt. I remember when they started dating and also when they had their first child (Beautiful baby!)
Anyway, my point is this. I am shocked at the things these children were forced through, it is absolutely criminal… but knowing both parents as i do, i am sad to say that a part of me is not very surprised.
Lori
Aug 9, 2007 at 5:54 am
what a wonderful aunt you are Jackie, yeah right.
Jack Thissweetie
Aug 10, 2007 at 8:33 am
Lori..
Parents that are abusives will always be nice to other adults. You do not have to live with them. They will always show how wonderful the family “SHOULD BE” instead of the actual way they are. Anything can happen behind closed doors.
Beating children is not something you just do. Unless, you have been part of it. And , my guess, Rob had to learn it from someone.
If these kids do have as many psychological issues as everyone claims they have. Of course, it will be very frustarting to parent kids. Unless you go through serious training of parenting classes. If not read about it. But, once again, its only my guess. Rob probably only read the back of a budweiser can.
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