Dad sentenced to prison for biting children's toes (Bentonville, Arkansas)

Father TODD WAYNE HALL: bites his children's toes--and admits it. Does it rather severely, too. Was convicted of felony battery and sentenced to prison.

http://www.wreg.com/sns-ap-ar--child-toesbitten,0,7110070.story

Father sentenced to prison for felony; disciplined son by biting his toes

By Associated Press
9:40 AM CDT, June 17, 2009

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A father in Benton County has been convicted of felony battery and sentenced to six years in prison for disciplining his young son by biting his toes.Thirty-six-year-old Todd Wayne Hall of Rogers was found guilty by a jury on Tuesday.

The son, now 9, was 6 years old at the time in question. Prosecutors showed jurors photographs of his injured toes, which had bruises and cracks in the toenails. Prosecutors also played part of a court proceeding in which Hall admitted biting the boy's toes. Hall's wife, Virginia, testified for her husband, saying she did not see bruises on the boy's toes.

Todd Hall had been cited previously for biting his daughter.

The Halls' children have been placed with their grandparents.

Information from: Benton County Daily Record, http://www.nwanews.com//dailyrecord/