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Updated: 05/08/2012 03:14:15 PM CDT
Stephanie Ann Broten: Stephanie Ann Broten, 38, and Darnell Alan Landrum, 34, both of Fridley, were arrested Monday, May 7 on suscipian of malicious punishment of a child. The couple reportedly shaved Broten's 12-year-old daughter's head and forced her to run up and down a city street wearing a diaper because she brought home bad grades from school. They are being held in the Anoka County Jail awaiting charges. (Courtesy of Anoka County Sheriff's office)
A Fridley mother and her live-in boyfriend are in jail after police say they shaved the woman's 12-year-old daughter's head and forced her to run up and down a city street in a diaper.
Fridley police arrived on the 1600 block of 68th Avenue at about 7:20 p.m. Monday, May 7 to find a crowd of more than 50 people watching the girl as she moved up and down the block in nothing but a diaper and a tank top, said Fridley Police Lt. Mike Monsrud. Her hair had also been completely shaved off, Monsrud added, saying officers believe she had been outside for about half an hour before a neighbor alerted police.
"When the officer found her she was crying and hysterical," Monsrud said.
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http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_20575138/fridley-police-mom-and-boyfriend-arrested-after-they
And here's my opinion on this: Take this girl and her siblings out of this house permanently. They may not stand much of a chance in the foster care system, but they stand no chance with this mother and her boyfriend. Do not have a goal of reuniting these kids with the mother.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)pnwmom
(108,990 posts)and then waited for the police to get there.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Enrique
(27,461 posts)pnwmom
(108,990 posts)The two morons who are raising her.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Through the whole contact, and even on the way to jail, both were laughing and thinking it was ridiculous police would get involved in what they said was their parental decision,"
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guess they aren't laughing now
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)The gubmint need to leave us alone!
Pirate Smile
(27,617 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)It's so cruel and disgusting.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)of 50 people for 30 minutes! half naked! head shaved.
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)I hope they lose custody of all the children, permanently.
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)No one like that should ever be allowed near a child.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Neither one of these people looks like they'll be nominated for "brightest bulb on the tree" anytime soon. Poor girl.
cali
(114,904 posts)it also said that the couple laughed and joked about the police intruding in family discipline while they were riding in the cop car.
Bruce Wayne
(692 posts)I hope they laugh all the way to jail.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)The judge could have them choose between several months in the pokey ... or, they could opt to having their heads shaven and spending a few days walking up and down the local main roads wearing diapers and carrying signs indicating how this is their preferred form of punishment.
Initech
(100,099 posts)Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)They should have put another angry authoritarian parent video up on the internets, that is the way to do it. Then you can humiliate your child in front of literally millions of people and be applauded for your excellent parenting skills.
cali
(114,904 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)There were more than a few DUers who thought it was perfectly fine..
cali
(114,904 posts)magical thyme
(14,881 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Ian David
(69,059 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Couple Made Girl Run in Public with Diaper on Head, Police Say
A mother and her boyfriend shaved her daughter's hair, put a diaper over her shaved head and made her down the street as punishment for bad grades at school Mondayall before a crowd of about 50 people, according to Fridley police and the St.
http://fridley.patch.com/articles/link-couple-made-girl-run-in-public-with-diaper-on-head-police-say
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)From the article in the OP:
"watching the girl as she moved up and down the block in nothing but a diaper and a tank top, said Fridley Police Lt. Mike Monsrud."
The article you linked to said it was based on the original article and police report -- so I'm wondering if the second article mis-read the first one.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)even their dad. This is worse then physical abuse.
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)SMH.
Pithlet
(25,089 posts)If this is what they'd do in the open? I don't even want to think about what goes on in private.
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Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)when she obviously has such a loving and supportive family environment?
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)Jennicut
(25,415 posts)You know, like most normal parents would. Grounding or taking away stuff. Not shaving (!) your kid's hair off and forcing them to run down the street in a diaper. Or maybe spend sometime helping her with her homework. These people are clearly nuts. Poor kid.