By India Today World Desk: A pair inside the United States was arrested after they allegedly tattooed their children forcibly after which tried to remove the tattoos. According to a report with the New York Post, the couple – 27-year-old Megan Mae Farr and 23-year-old stepmother Gunner Farr, tied down their 9-year-old and 5-year-old children and forcibly gave them tattoos.
While one acquired a tattoo on the foot, the alternative teen acquired one on the shoulder, the report talked about.
Investigations into the case extra revealed the children have been tied down with a rope, their mouths lined with tape and a rag lined their eyes.
Authorities intervened after the natural father and stepmother observed the tattoos and reported the matter to Child Protective Services (CPS).
However, when the accused couple bought right here to know regarding the grievance, they tried to evade arrest by forcibly eradicating the tattoos. In the strive, they decrease, scraped and scrubbed the areas. They extra rubbed the tattoos with lemon juice.
The couple was arrested on Monday and was charged with hurt to a child and unlawful restraint.
While Megan Mae Farr was charged with two counts of hurt to a child and unlawful restraint, Gunner Farr was charged with one rely of unlawful restraint and one rely of hurt to a child.
Commenting on the grievance, interim Zavalla Police Chief Lt. James Denby knowledgeable native media, “There were visible injuries on the child at the specific location of the tattoo and it appeared that the flesh was removed from the body at the tattoo location and this happened about the time that CPS got involved in the allegations of the child abuse.”
Meanwhile, the children have been positioned inside the care of the CPS and investigations into the case are ongoing.