CANTON, Ohio -- A part-time police officer has been charged with assault for allegedly abusing his girlfriend's young children with a weapon similar to a Taser.
Kevin McCann, 47, of Lawrence Township, is charged with two counts of felonious assault and two counts of felony child endangering.
McCann is accused using a Taser-like device this summer on Christina Robinson's 3-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son.
Authorities do not believe the children were shocked with the Taser, but declined to give more details.
The abuse came to light after the children were taken to a hospital with marks and bruises, according to a civil complaint filed by authorities in Stark County Family Court in August.
The oldest child told investigators that her mother’s boyfriend, McCann, hit her on the butt with a black wooden paddle and pinched her with needles and a “black pinchy thing,” according to the complaint.
Robinson is charged with four counts of felony child endangering.
The 22-year old mother, who was convicted of misdemeanor child endangering in 2007, violated her parental duty by creating a substantial risk to the health or safety of the children, according to the indictment.
The two children in question and a younger sibling have been placed in the care of a relative.
Kevin McCann, 47, of Lawrence Township, is charged with two counts of felonious assault and two counts of felony child endangering.
McCann is accused using a Taser-like device this summer on Christina Robinson's 3-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son.
Authorities do not believe the children were shocked with the Taser, but declined to give more details.
The abuse came to light after the children were taken to a hospital with marks and bruises, according to a civil complaint filed by authorities in Stark County Family Court in August.
The oldest child told investigators that her mother’s boyfriend, McCann, hit her on the butt with a black wooden paddle and pinched her with needles and a “black pinchy thing,” according to the complaint.
Robinson is charged with four counts of felony child endangering.
The 22-year old mother, who was convicted of misdemeanor child endangering in 2007, violated her parental duty by creating a substantial risk to the health or safety of the children, according to the indictment.
The two children in question and a younger sibling have been placed in the care of a relative.
