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Parents Charged With Child Abuse
(WSB Radio) The parents of a 12 year old Oconee County boy are in custody after authorities say they shot him with pellet guns and handcuffed him in a closet for hours.
County Sheriff Scott Berry saus they found out about the abuse after the boy's six year old brother told a teacher what was going on.
"One of the reasons he was punished, he said, was because he took a can of corn for something to eat," Berry tells Channel 2.
The boy's mother, Damita Peak, reportedly got pepper spray and handcuffs from Walton County, where she was a jailer. His stepfather, Norris Walker, has also been arrested.
"I don't if he'll have long term physical scars," the sheriff says. "I'm sure he'll have long term emotional scarring."
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