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MARYSVILLE, Ohio (AP) A couple charged with abusing their five adopted children over four years are accused of using belts, sticks and a hammer to hit them, intentionally burning them with an iron and stove and sticking a toilet plunger handle down a child's throat, according to court records released today.
The children resorted to eating cat food when food was withheld for sometimes two days, and they were made to line up and be whipped at the same time, rotating from the front of the line to the back, according to a document prosecutors filed in Union County Common Pleas Court.
James Ferguson, 46, and his wife, Vonda Ferguson, 43, of Springfield, have pleaded not guilty to 20 counts of child endangerment, five counts of permitting child abuse and five counts of felonious assault. Vonda Ferguson also has pleaded not guilty to an additional count of felonious assault and two counts of rape.
The children, now ages 10 to 16, were removed from the home in November 2004 following a referral from Union County Child Protective Services, Prosecutor David Phillips has said. Sheriff's deputies and social workers began a criminal investigation after the children were removed, and the Fergusons permanently surrendered custody of the children in August 2005.
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The children resorted to eating cat food when food was withheld for sometimes two days, and they were made to line up and be whipped at the same time, rotating from the front of the line to the back, according to a document prosecutors filed in Union County Common Pleas Court.
James Ferguson, 46, and his wife, Vonda Ferguson, 43, of Springfield, have pleaded not guilty to 20 counts of child endangerment, five counts of permitting child abuse and five counts of felonious assault. Vonda Ferguson also has pleaded not guilty to an additional count of felonious assault and two counts of rape.
The children, now ages 10 to 16, were removed from the home in November 2004 following a referral from Union County Child Protective Services, Prosecutor David Phillips has said. Sheriff's deputies and social workers began a criminal investigation after the children were removed, and the Fergusons permanently surrendered custody of the children in August 2005.
http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=208927