Chaining 6-year-old son was what a 28-year-old father from Utah was accused of doing to his child in order to discipline him. The man was charged for allegedly chaining 6-year-old son to bed on Tuesday.
The Washington Times reports that the man who was found chaining 6-year-old son to bed happened in Logan, a city which is around 80 miles north of Salt Lake City.
Logan police reportedly went to the home of the man who was charged chaining 6-year-old son at around 11 a.m. They reportedly received an anonymous tip about the abuse on Tuesday. As they reached the house, they found the boy latched to a metal bedframe through a chain padlocked to his ankle. The 6-year-old was alone in the house.
Police Chief Gary Jensen of Logan City told The Associated Press that the boy is able to reach for snacks and water as the chain was "just long enough." He was also found able to reach the restroom because of the long chain.
According to The Associated Press, authorities have already filed child abuse charges for the man who was found chaining 6-year-old son to a metal bed frame while he is at work. Jensen said that because the father was charged with chaining 6-year-old son, he was held in the Cache County Jail on four counts of child abuse. The identity of the man chaining 6-year-old son has not been identified in order to protect the child. Police also said that they cannot determine how long the child was abused.
Jensen says that officials have not seen any evidence to believe that other children were also living in the house, as well as the child's mother. It is also unknown whether how long the child had been alone in the house before police responded to the tip.
According to online state court records, the father has already been convicted of felony forgery and theft in 2009. In 2011, he had also been arrested as he broke the terms of his probation.
Meanwhile, the 6-year-old is currently in good health. However, he was still being evaluated by child welfare services and is still in their custody.
Chaining 6-year-old son is a crime and it is fortunate that the father had been found quickly by police.
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