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Mother accused of chaining son in shed

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Published: Nov. 1, 2007 at 1:06 AM

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A Florida woman is charged with aggravated child abuse for allegedly keeping her 12-year-old son chained in a shed and beating him with a hammer.

"The mother was abusing this child," Orange County sheriff's representative Carlos Padilla told WKMG-TV in Orlando. "She was chasing him with scissors, chains, bottles, belts and anything she could really use as a weapon."

Police said the boy told investigators his mother would keep him chained in the shed or in a bathroom.

The boy's father was charged with child neglect for nothing doing anything to stop the attacks, WKMG-TV said Wednesday.

Topics: Carlos Padilla
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