BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (TCN) — A person and his girlfriend will each spend a number of many years behind bars for tying his teenage daughter to a tree with ratchet straps over the course of three days.
Court docket information present Johnny James pleaded responsible on Feb. 5 to baby neglect and baby abuse, and a choose sentenced him to 35 years in jail. James’ girlfriend, Kayla Clark, additionally entered a responsible plea to baby neglect and enabling baby abuse. She was handed a 30-year sentence.
In keeping with Bartlesville Radio, on July 28, 2024, Washington County Sheriff’s Workplace deputies have been referred to as to a house in Vera concerning alleged abuse of a 15-year-old lady. After they arrived, they situated the teenager sure to a tree and sleeping on a chunk of carpet. The sufferer, James’ daughter, was reportedly on the town from Texas. Deputies mentioned the lady had been tied to the tree a number of occasions over the span of 72 hours.
The Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise stories James instructed authorities he left the lady outdoors as a result of she was having issues urinating and defecating in the home. She reportedly has developmental issues, and he connected her to the tree to keep away from any future accidents inside. James reportedly additionally mentioned he did it as punishment as a result of the teenager wished to stay along with her mom.
KOTV-TV journalist Lori Fullbright stories {that a} passerby observed the sufferer sure to the tree with ratchet straps, so she pulled over to assist. The sufferer reportedly had “a gap on her leg and lesions on her arm and it appeared the lady had been there for days.”
James mentioned he solely left her there for about an hour, however confessed that it wasn’t the primary time he utilized this type of punishment.
Clark reportedly instructed deputies that she was within the bathe when James tied his daughter up, and he or she did not discover the sufferer after they went to church as a result of she was “frazzled.”
The Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise stories a few of James’ relations didn’t report the suspected abuse as a result of they have been afraid of him.
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