Scioto County Sheriff’s detectives now say five children were in the house at the time that a 10-month-old baby was beaten Friday. According to detectives, one of those children was the victim a year ago, when two people were sentenced to prison for that first beating.

Arrested Friday was William Journey, 26, of West Portsmouth, who is being held on a parole violation and one count of child endangerment, a felony of the second degree.

According to Scioto County Sheriff’s Detective Jodi Conkel, four of the children were the biological children of Journey, while the beaten baby is the child of Journey’s girlfriend.

Journey was in prison at the time that one of his children, who was also in the house Friday, was beaten a year ago, resulting in the imprisonment of the baby’s mother, Clorissa Journey, then 24, and Aaron Evans, then 31, both of West Portsmouth. Clorissa Journey was sentenced to 27 years in prison, while Evans is serving a 32-year term.

Scioto County Sheriff Marty V. Donini said the Scioto County 911 center received a call from Southern Ohio Medical Center stating they had a 10-month-old patient that had suffered injuries consistent with child abuse.

Deputies, along with detectives, responded to the emergency room and spoke with the mother of the child. The victim was then transported to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus for her injuries.

Deputies were able to get a location on a possible suspect, and responded to a West Portsmouth location, where they arrested William Journey.

Journey is being held in the Scioto County Jail without bond on a parole violation.

Journey was released from prison in January of 2009 after serving time for possession of chemicals to manufacture methamphetamine.

Conkel said photos were taken of the injured baby showing obvious handprints on her face and her buttocks.

Journey was arraigned in Portsmouth Municipal Court Monday morning, and bond was set at $15,000 on the child endangerment charge.

“But he still has no bond on the parole violation,” Conkel said. “And he goes back to Municipal Court on Oct. 23 at 10 (a.m.).”

Conkel talked about how the sheriff’s office will proceed in the case.

“This case will be submitted to the (Scioto County) Grand Jury for review,” Conkel said. “Probably, I will get it over there by the end of the day (Monday) and we will go from there.”

Donini said the successful apprehension of the suspect is the direct result of the joint effort between the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office detectives, Scioto County Children Services and SOMC.

Donini said anyone with information in the case should contact Conkel at (740) 351-1091. All calls will remain anonymous.

Frank Lewis may be reached at (740) 353-3101, ext. 232.