Story out of Polk County, Florida:
Polk County deputies arrested four adults on child abuse charges after deputies say they used a stun gun on children as discipline.
Eduardo Vazquez, 22, William Torres-Morales, 22, Elizabeth Tarvin, 33, and Veronica Sanchez, 32, two sets of couples who live together, were all arrested on charges including aggravated child abuse, negligent child abuse and failure to report child abuse, among others.
The investigation was sparked by a Department of Children and Families referral on child abuse allegations that nine children between the ages of 7 to 13, were being disciplined by their guardians with a handheld stun gun.
Deputies said Torres originally said that the children had gotten their hands on the stun gun and were shocking each other, but then he told deputies he had lied and that he and Vasquez were using the stun gun on the children.
Torres said he and Vasquez made all the male children do pushups and every time one of the children couldn't do one, they would use the stun gun on the child, according to a news release. Cont.
Story from - Click Orlando
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