Posted on 04/11/2023 1:28:57 PM PDT by Morgana
A Kentucky man is accused of using a cattle prod on his own children. Deputies said he did it to “discipline” them, but now defendant Anthony L. Jones, 32, faces four counts of criminal abuse in the third degree of a child 12 or under, and one count of criminal abuse in the third degree.
“The perpetrator used an electric cattle prod multiple times on his two children for discipline,” deputies wrote in documents. “Both children were given a forensic interview at the CVAC center and both confirmed this. The perp used the cattle prod to shock the victims and threatened them with it on several occasions.”
Jones was arrested on Friday at approximately 10:15 a.m.
“The arrest occurred off Littontown Road, approximately 4 miles north of London following an investigation conducted by Deputy Poynter,” the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook. “Following an earlier investigation while assisting DCBS, Deputy Poynter obtained two complaint warrants of arrest. The first complaint warrant of arrest charged four counts of criminal abuse – third-degree – child 12 or under. Allegedly, the accused used an electric cattle prod multiple times on two children for discipline. The second complaint warrant of arrest charged one count of criminal abuse – third-degree.”
Jones was booked into the Laurel County Correctional Center. He pleaded not guilty at an arraignment on Monday, and he is scheduled for a pretrial conference to take place May 2. He has no attorney of record.
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Truth!!
My father was an electrician. He always said that some people have more violent reactions to others to the same electric shock, and claimed that frequent shocks could desensitize to shocks that were life-threatening.
Seems likely that cattle prods could cause heart fibrillation in the vulnerable. It would be wickedly impersonal as discipline for children in any case.
My father was once exposed to some high voltage that caused his muscles to severely tighten. He spent several weeks on hard drugs and getting massages from family members to restore flexibility.
Prolly because he was there?
I pity your wife.
“Children are Not cattle”
In current times that could be debatable. Especially in the city...
I did that very thing, right in front of the prettiest girls in high school. We were throwing a beer bash in a buddie’s cow field. Wires are low to the ground because cows don’t high step. Anyway, he told us approximately where they were. Later that night I had to break the seal. I walked past a group of girls about 15 - 20 paces and figured I was good because I didn’t hit the wire and I was far enough away from the girls. These are country girls mind you, so seeing a dude take a whiz is not uncommon for them. Anyway, I had pressure built up, so I missed the wire on the start, but as pressure went down, I hit that damn wire on the comeback and immediately hit the ground. Luckily, I didn’t pee on my self. The girls and my best buddy walked up to me and my bud says, “I do believe he just electrocuted his d!ck.” He laughed. They laughed. The whole school laughed the next Monday. It’s no wonder I have such thick skin.
Maybe his children earned it. There really is not enough information. Tyranny begins in the home.
“Said someone who has never been a brother.”
Lol!!!
Spare the prod, spoil the child.
Well, because boys exist, and the bull whip existed. Put those things together and that’s what happens.
Same thing happened to me and my best friend when we discovered a bull whip in his garage. We had to play “Indiana Jones”.
GMTA
I have one for my dog. Accidentally zapped myself with it when it was turned up. Not fun. I use it very sparingly on him.
The current is applied between the two probes at the end of the cattle prod so it would not pass through the heart. Even if a person's body was touching a solid earth ground opposite from where the cattle prod was applied, with the heart between, it would be difficult to setup that exact circumstance.
Thanks for correcting my typo.
Is it worse than holding the spark plug wire on a mower when your buddy pulls the rope ?
Are you really that obtuse?
I grew up on a grain and livestock farm, and farmed until I was 46. As kids we poked each other with electric prods, even played tag with one. Who ever got zapped then got the prod and chased the others.
Had some hot electric fences too. Got zapped by them more times than I can remember.
But disciplining kids with one,... no way. We got paddled for discipline.
boys have to understand there is only one BIG DOG in the house.....and it isn’t him.
So, did it work? Asking for someone other than myself.
:)
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