Dad arrested for forcing 9-year-old daughter to "Drink or Die" (Augusta, Georgia)

We've reported on Dad JEFFREY HICKSON before.

http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/06/dad-charged-with-getting-9-year-old.html

Now we find out that this guy is even worse than we thought. He didn't just allow his 9-year-old daughter to get drunk. He THREATENED TO KILL HER if she refused to drink with him. And when the girl called her mom on the phone for help (remember this was during VISITATION with Daddy), he threatened to abandon her in the woods. The daughter had to have her stomach pumped because of the level of alcohol poisoning. Finally, Daddy has been charged with child abuse and neglect.

But we still have one major unanswered question here: How and why was this father granted visitation? Who gave it to him? Don't tell me this was the first time Daddy pulled crap like this, either.

http://hiphopwired.com/2010/06/06/father-arrested-for-forcing-9-year-old-to-drink-or-die/

Father Arrested For Forcing 9-Year-Old To "Drink Or Die"
by Danielle Canada June 6, 2010, 10:46am

A Georgia man is in police custody after authorities say he forced his 9-year-old daughter to drink alcohol and threatened to kill her if she refused causing the child to drink so much that she nearly suffered from alcohol poisoning.

39-year-old Jeffrey Hickson of Augusta was arrested after his pre-teen daughter was taken to a hospital with a blood alcohol level of .165, twice the legal limit.

Police report that the child called her mother crying and saying that her father threatened to kill her if she did not drink with him.

When Hickson heard the child on the phone he allegedly drove the girl out into the woods and forced the child out of the car.

Investigators say he got a phone call however and took her home without incident.

The girl's stomach was pumped and she continued to receive treatment in the hospital.

He faces charges of child abuse and child neglect.