Jan 23, 2010
WARM SPRINGS (Georgia) - A WOMAN is in jail after police say she
forced her 12-year-old son to kill his pet hamster with a hammer as
punishment for bad grades.
The sheriff of a rural Georgia county said on Thursday that the
boy told his teacher about the killing. The teacher reported it to
state child welfare authorities, who contacted police.
The 38-year-old mother, Lynn Middlebrooks Geter, faces charges
of animal cruelty, child cruelty and battery. She remained in a
jail early on Friday and it was not immediately known if she had a
lawyer. -- AP