Ricky North (left) and Nichole North (Bell County Detention Center).
A Kentucky boy was allegedly punished and subjected to torture by his parents because he was “coloring outside of the lines” on his homework.
Ricky North, 27, and Nichole North, 24, were arrested on Sunday and now face several felony charges including child abuse and strangulation. In a Facebook post about the arrest, the Middlesboro Police Department stated that the pair allegedly abused the 5-year-old boy by “duct taping his arm and legs,” punished him with “cold showers,” and subjected him to other forms of “cruel punishment.”
One form of punishment included “whipping the child for coloring outside of the lines on homework/schoolwork,” the statement said.
