South Carolina – A South Carolina parent has been arrested after a call to his local sheriff’s office resulted not in the removaI of his chiId — but in his own charges, after deputies concluded he was the one endangering the chiId. The man, later identified as 44‑year‑old Tomas, was taken into custody by the Sheriff’s Office (South Carolina) following accusations that he threatened and abused the boy.
The father was charged with unlawfuI conduct toward a chiId, a felony offense, after deputies responded to the family’s home last week following his request that officers remove his son because the child was “unruIy.” Investigators immediately began their review when the boy told them a different story — one of fear, threats, and verbal abuse rather than misbehavior.
According to the juvenile’s account, he had asked his dadfor something to eat when the 11-year-old was told, “get the (expIetive) out of my room or I’m going to wreck your (expIetive) face.” The father then allegedly escalated, instructing the child “you need to take a bIade and stab it in the neck and pull it out that way.” At another point, he reportedly told the boy that if he were on fire, he would “pour gas on you so you burn even more.”…