Posted on 05/04/2007 1:35:34 PM PDT by TChris
TOLEDO, Ohio - When Jessica Botzko's son was a baby, authorities temporarily removed him from her care when she was charged with child endangering. Nearly a decade later, the boy took matters into his own hands, authorities said.
Botzko is again accused of child endangerment after her 10-year-old son ran away from home with his younger brother and told investigators he was tired of being put in a dog cage, police said. The older boy also had been forced to wear a remote-controlled shock collar, authorities said.
At least once the 10-year-old boy was made to wear the collar — designed as a training device for animals — while inside the cage and was repeatedly shocked, court documents said. The cage, less than 2 feet tall and 2 feet wide, had a chain across the top with two locks on each end, said police Capt. Ray Carroll.
"He had to tuck his knees into his chest and he fell asleep in there on a couple occasions," Carroll said. "It wasn't continuous. It was probably on and off for punishment."
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Put the parents in the cages!!!!
Baseball bat time...............
These parents sound like something out of a Wes Craven film.
Her picture is at the site - GUILTY
Your “Young Democrats of the Year”
TOBAS
take out back and shoot...
The boy told officers that he also was caged when his father was using or making drugs, Carroll said.
Methheads? Whodda thunk it?
Libertarians.
I may not be a perfect mother...But apparently I’m waaaaaay ahead of the curve.
Back to drinking, are you?
Ummm....yeah...ok....
Prayers up for them both.
Stripping may be legal, but it is immoral does harm to the character of those who participate either as viewers or performers. What to speak of meth freaks. Obviously not all strippers torture their children. But one serious character fault often is accompanied by others.
The older boy should never have been returned to her custoday. I'm not in favor of birth control at all, but in this case - how about spaying?
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Hey, live and let live.
It’s nobody’s business what goes on in the privacy of one’s own home.
A man’s home is his castle.
No governmental agency has a right to tell someone how to parent or take the kids away from them.
>libertatian mode off
It was reported yesterday that she had a baby that died of “SIDS”. They’re investigating that again.
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