Dad kept boy in prison of cameras, police say
POSTED: 1:40 p.m. EDT, October 12, 2006
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) — A man has been charged with torturing his 9-year-old son by keeping him locked in a bedroom for much of the past three years, with a surveillance camera tracking his every move, authorities said Thursday.
The home of Randall Warren Piercy, 41, was like a prison that had cameras in almost every room, with the father monitoring the boy on television and computer screens, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Lt. Annie Smith said.
During the past three years, the boy has not attended school, received medical attention or had contact with people outside his family, Smith said. The police report said he was home schooled but could not read children’s books.
The state Department of Children & Families took the boy from the home, sheriff’s spokesman Ken Jefferson said.
Relatives told police that the boy was usually allowed to use the bathroom once a day because his father was teaching him to control his body.
Piercy was arrested Wednesday on charges of aggravated child abuse in the torture, malicious punishment and unlawful caging of the boy.
Dad kept boy in prison of cameras, police say - CNN.com
Why the hell the relatives did nothing about that situation is beyond me. How can more than one person know about something like this and not do anything about it?
The mother is quoted in the article as saying, “We are very protective”, and the cameras were for his protection because he was hyperactive. What a crock of shite.
Frickin people today, I swear it is seriously time to start thinning out the gene pool a bit..