Astonishingly, this isn't the only sicko dad to waterboard their kids in the last few months.
Check out JOSHUA TABOR from Washington State here: http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/02/child-waterboarded-by-custodial-dad.html
And SEAN PATRICK A. MADIGAN, also of Washington State here: http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/03/dad-charged-with-2nd-degree-assault-for.html
http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/tampa-father-accused-of-water-torture-admits-child-abuse-sentenced-to/1099713
Tampa father accused of water torture admits child abuse, sentenced to probation
By Alexandra Zayas, Times Staff Writer
Posted: Jun 03, 2010 12:43 PM
TAMPA — A father accused of water torturing his daughter as punishment for finding his pornography was sentenced Thursday to five years' probation.
Moslim Al-Assadi, 37, was originally charged with two counts of aggravated child abuse, but pleaded guilty to two downgraded counts of child abuse as part of a prosecution deal.
His daughter told Tampa police that in July 2008, he dunked her head into a tub of water until she could not breathe to punish her for finding his pornography.
Police took the children. Then, as the investigation continued, his son told detectives that his father made him go outside and fill a bucket with water, tied his hands behind his back, turned him upside down and dipped his head into the water as a punishment. According to an arrest report, the grade-school-aged boy also said that his father once burned the bottom of his hand with a hot frying pan after he improperly prepared a meal.
Al-Assadi's parental rights have been terminated, as have the rights of the children's mother, for an unrelated case. In 2003, two of the couple's three children fell from a two-story window while under her watch, according to court documents. Since the father and children moved to Tampa in 2006, authorities responded to half a dozen calls about alleged mistreatment.
Assistant State Attorney Kimberly Hindman said prosecutors found inconsistency in the children's statements. Defense witnesses would have testified they never saw abuse or injuries.
"The state does think the child abuse occurred," she said.
At the request of the prosecution, Circuit Judge Chet A. Tharpe ruled that during probation, Al-Assadi can have no contact with children.
