A child was ordered into the

custody of the Fayette County Department of Family and Children Services

Friday after concerns the child was being used as a pawn between the two

parents.

The order was revealed during

a bond hearing for Edward L. Izzo Jr. of Tyrone who was charged with simple

battery. Magistrate James A. White noted that the parents had legal proceedings

in four different counties involving other DFCS offices and judges, including

some in Coweta County.

"These people have got

to stop using this child as a pawn, plain and simple," White said

before granting Izzo a $2,000 bond.

If the problems continue, White

said, "You both need to be locked up."

One of the bond conditions

was the Izzo stay away from the victim; Izzo has a temporary restraining

order against him from a previous case, White said.

White said with all the various

legal proceedings in four different counties, he wants to try and bind

them all into one legal action, ideally in Fayette County, so the matters

can be dispensed with.

"The court's interest

is in protecting that child," White said.