DOTHAN, AL. (THECOUNT) — David Michael Stewart and Tiffany Sorrells of Dothan, Alabama, have been arrested and charged with Aggravated Child Abuse.
Dothan police say, Sorrells, 34, and her boyfriend Stewart, 31, violently punished her seven-year-old son, including using a taser on the boy.
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Investigators say the couple also forced the boy to sleep outside, causing him to suffer numerous bug bites that had gone untreated. “(Stewart and Sorrells) also punished the boy by forcing him to perform strenuous exercise (jumping jacks) for up to 45 minutes,” Dothan Police Major Will Benny told WTVY. He said officers found the child Wednesday inside a car parked at a shopping center after receiving a complaint. He was wearing a diaper, reports WISTV.
The boy is in the custody of the Alabama Department of Human Resources.
Stewart and Sorrells posted $30,000 band each and then released from the Houston County Jail
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Geo quick facts: Dothan is a city in Dale, Henry, and Houston counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the county seat of Houston County and the seventh largest city in Alabama, with a population of 65,496 at the 2010 census – Wikipedia.