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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, May 9, 2012

'Diaper Duty' Charges: They Shaved Girl's Hair, Put Her in Diaper, Made Her Run in Public

Prosecutors say Fridley couple humiliated girl, 12, over schoolwork.

Anoka County prosecutors have filed charges against a Fridley couple who they say punished a 12-year-old girl by shaving her hair and making her wear a diaper and little else in public. The incident drew a crowd of 50 people in the 1600 block of 68th Avenue NE and lasted 30 minutes Monday evening, Fridley police said. It's the third time it's happened, according to the criminal complaint filed Wednesday morning. Stephanie Ann Broten, 38, and Darnell Alan Landrum, 35, each faces one count of malicious punishment of a child and remain in the Anoka County jail. The girl is OK and and she and her three siblings are in foster care, according to Fridley Police Lt. Mike Monsrud. Here is the charge each defendant faces and the statement of …

Jen

7:02 pm on Tuesday, March 26, 2013

You want to embarrass her? Make her carry all her books home. Ban her from a school dance or outing. But that was over kill.   more ›

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Couple Made Girl Run in Public with Diaper, Police Say

Fridley police: Mother and boyfriend also shaved girl's head.

A mother and her boyfriend shaved her daughter's hair, put a diaper on her  and made her down the street as punishment for bad grades at school Monday—all before a crowd of about 50 people, according to Fridley police and the St. Paul Pioneer Press.* The woman and man remain in Anoka County Jail Tuesday after police arrested them at the Rice Creek Townhomes in the 1600 block of 68th Avenue NE on suspicion of malicious punishment of a child. Fridley Police Lt. Mike Monsrud said he expects prosecutors to file charges as early as 9 a.m. Wednesday. UPDATE: Click here to read the charges and narrative from the criminal complaints.  "It was a very strange thing," Monsrud said. Even as police took them away in the back of a squad car the couple…

Connie

10:30 am on Wednesday, May 9, 2012

I cannot believe that a parent would do something likes this. I lost all my hair when going through chemo and being bald was so hard. I cannot believe a parent would something this horrible and then put the child a public display!   more ›

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