Carnel Chamberlain, 4, MI found murdered

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BAY CITY, MI — When 20-year-old Anthony Bennett appeared in U.S. District Court Tuesday on a child-abuse charge, a prosecutor said Bennett was in trouble with the law seven times since his 17^th birthday and never complied with court orders.

The charges include convictions of assault and battery, family violence, resisting and obstructing arrest and fleeing and eluding police in the fourth degree. He served time in jail and was given probation following the offenses.

Bennett has committed two probation violations in 2012 and was on probation when 4-year-old Carnel Chamberlain went missing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Wininger said.

Bennert is not charged with in connection with the disappearance and death of Carnel, who went missing from a Mount Pleasant home on June 21 and his body was found badly burned underneath the porch of the home a week later.

However, Bennett is charged with assault of Carnel Chamberlain, a child less than 16 years old, causing substantial bodily harm. The crime carries a possible five-year penalty.

Bennett is believed to be the last person to have seen the Carnel Chamberlain alive and was in charge of watching the boy on the night he disappeared, according Carnel's mother and Bennett's ex-girlfriend, Jaimee Chamberlain.

Prosecutors did not indicate whether charges would be amended to charge Bennett with a different offense.

Bennett's attorney, Anthony Chambers, asked Tuesday if Bennett could stay with a family member during court proceedings but U.S. Magistrate Charles E. Binder denied the request for him to live under house arrest or some other, even "strict" conditions of the court.