A Florida couple has been arrested after being accused of child abuse. Allegedly, the husband beat a 12-year-old boy for almost 30 minutes after the victim supposedly lied about a misplaced couch cushion.
In a social media post from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, Lance Eugene Rachel and Kimberly Corene Rachel of Kissimmee were detained after an investigation revealed that Lance abused a 12-year-old boy after accusing him of lying about a couch cushion being displaced in the home. Lance was charged with aggravated child abuse and battery by strangulation, while his wife, Kimberly, was charged with failure to report child abuse.
The incident occurred on Dec. 7 when Lance “maliciously” punished the 12-year-old preteen for allegedly lying about the cushion. He berated the child by screaming obscenities and physically abusing him for 28 minutes. The child was reportedly struck over 50 times with a belt. Lance is also accused of choking the boy and threatening to break his jaw. Some of the alleged abuse was caught on in-home surveillance cameras.