Thursday, March 18, 2010

Dad charged with felony battery for beating two children with electrical cord (Lafayette, Indiana)

Dad RHON SHERON is facing two felony battery charges for beating his two children with an electrical extension cord.

http://www.wlfi.com/dpp/news/crime/father-allegedly-whipped-children

Father allegedly whipped children

Updated: Thursday, 18 Mar 2010, 2:50 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 18 Mar 2010, 2:22 PM EDT

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - A Lafayette resident is facing child abuse charges after he allegedly hit his two children with an electrical extension cord.

Rhon Sheron was arrested Tuesday.

Sheron's 11-year-old daughter told the school nurse that her father hit her with an extension cord.

Police said they found visible welts on the body of both the 11-year-old girl and her 13-year-old brother.

Sheron faces two felony charges of battery on a child resulting in injury.