Dad charged with using air gun against four children--all under the age of ten (Idaho Falls, Idaho)

Dad JOSHUA ALAN BROTHERSON is facing charges after he "allegedly" used an air gun to "discipline" his four children--all of whom were under the age of ten. He lined the kids up against the wall before shooting them, too--was this guy in the military? Or does he just have fantasies of torturing "enemy combattants"? Notice that it was a school resource officer who noticed the welts on the kids' legs and turned him in--not the mother. In fact, observe that no mother is mentioned at all. Is this a single dad with an authoritarian complex?

INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/00a2a1e8604c43fdaff0cd3434c34b61/ID--Child-Injury-Air-Gun/

Idaho Falls police accuse father of using air gun to punish minors
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: March 22, 2011 - 10:30 am
Last Updated: March 22, 2011 - 10:31 am

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — An Idaho Falls man is facing multiple child injury charges for allegedly using an air gun to discipline four children.

Authorities say they have charged 29-year-old Joshua Alan Brotherson with four counts of misdemeanor minor injury to a child.

The charges were filed after the children told state child protection officials Brotherson lined them up against a wall and shot at their legs with an Airsoft gun as punishment, leaving welts on their calves.

Idaho Falls Police Sgt. Phil Grimes says the children were all younger than 10.

The Post Register reports an investigation ensued after a school resource officer noticed the welts.

If convicted, Brotherson faces up to one year in the county jail or one to ten years in state prison.
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