DANVERS — A Danvers man who was barred from going near his former girlfriend and their young daughter after he was charged with hitting the 2-year-old admitted yesterday to breaking into their trailer just a week later.
Scott Bump, 52, was out on bail in the case last April when he twice violated a court order barring him from contacting the woman or going near the trailer at 96 Newbury St. (Route 1), he admitted yesterday.
Bump had just been released on bail in the April 2 incident, which occurred inside the trailer. Police say the child was slapped hard, then flipped upside down during a fight between Bump and his girlfriend.
On April 9, Bump told his daughter from a prior relationship to contact his girlfriend and tell her that he loved her, prosecutor Michelle DeCourcey said. That indirect contact still constitutes a violation of the restraining order the woman had obtained just one week earlier, and police got a warrant but could not find Bump.
Two days later, the woman came home to find Bump inside the trailer. He had apparently climbed in through a window, she told police, because she had changed the locks after his arrest.
Bump was arrested on another charge of violating a restraining order, as well as breaking and entering.
He has been in custody since. During a hearing in Salem District Court yesterday, DeCourcey urged Judge Robert Cornetta to sentence Bump to jail time, followed by strictly supervised probation. She told the judge that Bump appears to ignore court orders.
Bump's lawyer asked the judge to release his client yesterday so that he could take part in a treatment program run by the Salvation Army.
Since his second arrest, he's been held in custody and during that time was in a treatment program at Bridgewater State Hospital.
Defense lawyer John Morris said his client "wanted to make sure she was OK" when he went into the trailer.
He's also taking parenting classes ordered by the Department of Children and Families, Morris said.
"He wants to be a better father," Morris said.
Cornetta placed Bump on probation for the next two years, with conditions that include a domestic violence treatment program, alcohol treatment and probation supervision.
However, Bump still has to face charges stemming from the incident with the child. That case is expected to go to trial in the fall.
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