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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

3 Months in Jail for Fridley Mom Who Shamed Girl with Diaper, Shaved Head

The 12-year-old had received an 'F' at school. The judge called the public 'diaper duty' punishment an "assault on her dignity," the Star Tribune said.

A Fridley mother went directly to jail Wednesday after an Anoka County District Court judge sentenced her to three months for publicly humiliating her 12-year-old daughter last May, according to the Star Tribune. She will be on supervised probation for two years and will have to follow a child plan ordered by the court, the newspaper reported.  The full sentence was one year in jail, but the judge stayed nine months of that sentence providing she complies with the terms of probation, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The mother, 38, pled guilty to malicious punishment of a child last month, as did her boyfriend, who will be sentenced next week, the Star Tribune said. The girl's father has provided foster care for the girl and her …

Suzanne Kelly

9:37 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012

Why is the 'girl's father' providing 'foster care' for his daughter...he's her father for pete's sake, take care of your kids!   more ›

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Update: Man Charged in Alleged Assault, Chase with Knife

Fridley police say it happened Tuesday on 68th Avenue.

Prosecutors charged a Minneapolis man Wednesday with assault, burglary and making threats at a house in the 1600 block of 68th Avenue NE. Natchez Joseph Franklin was in Anoka County Jail Wednesday, facing a single count each of second-degree assault, first-degree burglary and making terroristic threats. The alleged crimes took place Tuesday at about 11 a.m. at the Rice Creek Townhouses, according to the criminal complaint:  Upon arrival, officers spoke with [alleged female victim], who told officers that she had been at her residence at the above address with her children and a friend, [alleged male victim]. [Alleged female victim] reported that she was upstairs in the bedroom watching TV with [alleged male victim] when her estranged …

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