KEARNS — A foster parent in Kearns is accused of beating and threatening a teen boy in his care.
Anthony Siliveinusi Niu, 27, was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with aggravated child abuse, a first-degree felony.
“A foster parent is supposed to be the protector of vulnerable children who have already had a tough life. The foster parent in this case, instead of providing a safe environment and loving home, verbally and physically assaulted the victim to the point that he lost consciousness, then threatened to kill him,” prosecutors wrote in charging documents…