Wisconsin Boy's Essay Lands Dad With Child-Abuse Charge

Channel3000:

A 9-year-old Dane County boy wrote about being shot with a BB gun, and now his father is charged with child abuse.

The boy had written an essay about the "painful afternoon my Dad shot me with a BB gun."

The elementary-school teacher turned the essay over to authorities.

Prosecutors charged 36-year-old David J. Peschl on Friday with one felony count of child abuse.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 16, 2009 1:11 AM
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