Teh One Who Knocks
08-15-2011, 01:41 PM
By Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel
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Police say an Apopka woman, told that her son's Facebook page indicated he might try to hurt himself, beat the boy with a cable because he wasn't supposed to be on the social networking site.
An acquaintance of Althea Ricketts called the 62-year-old mother Friday night, police said, and told Ricketts about a disturbing post the Facebook page of Ricketts' son.
An arrest report states that Ricketts called back and told the woman she'd hit her son and he'd run away from home. He was later found at a friend's home on Try Court with injuries to both arms, police said.
When interviewed by police, the boy, whose name and age were redacted from arresting documents, said his mother had gotten angry and had beaten him with a cable.
A resident of the home where the boy fled told police that he was nervous and crying when he arrived. When asked, Ricketts reportedly told the resident that the boy "deserved everything he got."
Arresting documents state that Ricketts told police the boy had lied to her about having the page, and that she'd become angry and hit him with a computer cable inside their home.
The arresting officer wrote in a report that Ricketts "stated to me that hitting a child with a cable is a common way of disciplining kids where she comes from."
Ricketts was arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse. She was booked into the Orange County Jail, where she was being held without bail on Saturday.
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Police say an Apopka woman, told that her son's Facebook page indicated he might try to hurt himself, beat the boy with a cable because he wasn't supposed to be on the social networking site.
An acquaintance of Althea Ricketts called the 62-year-old mother Friday night, police said, and told Ricketts about a disturbing post the Facebook page of Ricketts' son.
An arrest report states that Ricketts called back and told the woman she'd hit her son and he'd run away from home. He was later found at a friend's home on Try Court with injuries to both arms, police said.
When interviewed by police, the boy, whose name and age were redacted from arresting documents, said his mother had gotten angry and had beaten him with a cable.
A resident of the home where the boy fled told police that he was nervous and crying when he arrived. When asked, Ricketts reportedly told the resident that the boy "deserved everything he got."
Arresting documents state that Ricketts told police the boy had lied to her about having the page, and that she'd become angry and hit him with a computer cable inside their home.
The arresting officer wrote in a report that Ricketts "stated to me that hitting a child with a cable is a common way of disciplining kids where she comes from."
Ricketts was arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse. She was booked into the Orange County Jail, where she was being held without bail on Saturday.