The boy's father called police Monday after receiving a disturbing cell phone picture of his 7-year-old son.
The picture came from Tiffany Ennis, 31, of Sandusky, a Sandusky police report said. She is now charged with two counts of child endangering.
“(The mother) sent a picture to (the father) of their child … with his eyes and mouth covered with duct tape,” the report said. “She advised it was funny.”
The father disagreed. Police called the mother, who said “she was playing around with duct tape with her friend and their kids,” the report said.
The mother said no one was hurt and she was only joking, but police forwarded their findings to the prosecutor’s office, which approved the charges on Wednesday.
For more on the incident and charges, pick up a copy of Thursday's Register.
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Classy
Exactly what was the point of her so-called gag? I'm not laughing, either.
Ya just can't fix stupid
I thought you could fix EVERYTHING with duct tape.....maybe it was zip ties!!! lmao
Just like Red Green says "Duct tape , the handy man's secret weapon" ; ))))
even with duct tape
What does the kid say? Were they just paying around and having fun? Did he see this as funny? If so, let it go! Jeez we did this kind of thing to each other all the time as kids. More than once our stupidity ended in the ER for stitches.(and yes my parents were sometimes in on the fun). However, if this was done as a punishment, disregard my entire post, and put her in with the Senior Abuser
She should have just velcro'd him to the wall. He could breathe so I don't really see the big deal and I vaguely remember me and my brothers doing stuff like this when we were kids with regular tape. I'm bettin' the kid wanted to do it.
It's not like she duct taped his...............
Like to see pic of when the duct-tape came off. Any hair left.
I hope they remove the boy from her custody. A woman who is mature enough to have a child and raise it correctly would never joke around in such a manner. The fact that she did this shows just how immature she is. Would she be laughing if someone had taped her up like that? That boy could be traumatized for life. If she does something like this as a joke, what does she do for punishment?
well now isn't that special...more and more we are taking away the power of parenting from actual parents and allowing "the system" or children services to dictate what we can and what we can't do or say to our kids. some kids need a good time out for being so obnoxious and disrespectful towards adults and everyone else... but this looks more like an innocent playful thing and now its been blown out of proportion. Now I do understand that there are parents that do horrible things to their kids and yes those folks should be punished, but this....oy vey!!!
Shouldn't the father have made a phone call to the mother first and see what was up with that whole thing. Now the kids gonna see his mom thru bars....there's some trauma for ya Lissa4u..
This post has to be layer in sarcasm...I hope.
@isn't that special
I couldnt agree more
Here goes the OPS and county prosecutors, and lawyers, and judges.... GIVE IT UP YOU IDIOTS.... IF THE KID WAS PLAYING, AND THEY WERE PLAYING STOP SPENDING ALL THIS TAX MONEY CHASING BS DRAGONS.... GHEZZZZZZ ERIE ERRRRRIEEE COUNTY, WHEN ARE YOU FOLKS GOING TO HIRE, ELECT PROFESSIONALS!!!!!!
Charge the father with filing a false police report. This is just a case of the noncustodial parent that doesnt want to pay child support, getting back at the mom by using his children as a pawn.
And you know this is a split family how?
And you know it's not how? Using the common sense method of thinking, what married man would call the police on his wife over something so trivial? This is the kind of stuff that goes on regularly during custody disputes, where the noncustodial parent nitpicks every little thing, and never passes on an opportunity to CREATE child abuse allegations in order to advance their agenda.
I actually agree with you on this one Knuckle. I'm thinking you hit the nail on the head with your estimation of this event.
That's exactly what it is...go to fathers facebook page...and its clear. His family also reported the event and sent pics to all the local tv news networks!!
That's exactly what it is...go to fathers facebook page...and its clear. His family also reported the event and sent pics to all the local tv news networks!!
Unbelievable....Seems like you can't have any fun any more. The child looks like he is having fun to me.... What's next a parent is going to get arrested for taking their kid to Cedar Point when the other parent does not agree to it?
Wow, you can tell the child is having fun by most of his face being covered. Let me guess....you took the photo.
I bet the child had a heck of a good time when the duct tape was being removed!
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Seems odd to me the father called the police instead of handling it between himself and his wife
Could not agree more with the comments of DEEPsix, Kilroy, Isn't that special and Man on the Street.
Sounds like dad needs to grow up
I understand the concern of Erie County officials, however the boy is smiling,laughing as it is a joke, and doesn't seem underfeed...unlike other children in Erie County.
And you can tell the child is laughing, how? Maybe the child was screaming when the mother taped him up....maybe the tape is making his cheeks rise, as it could appear he is smiling, or screaming for help!
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