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Florida Couple Locked Handcuffed Boy in Closet for 16 Hours a Day, Police Say On 1/26/21 at 6:41 AM EST A Florida couple are facing charges after they told detectives they had been handcuffing a young boy and locking him in a closet for around 16 hours a day as punishment since Christmas, authorities said. John Hernandez, 41, and Natasha Dabbs, 37, were taken into custody on Sunday. Deputies had been called to a home in Tampa earlier in the day to investigate a report of a missing child, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. At the residence, deputies located the bo...

By Gordon Byrd Jan 25, 2021 TAMPA -- A missing child case led to the arrest of two people on child abuse charges. Detectives with the Hillsborough Sheriff's Office say deputies responded to a Tampa home early Sunday morning for reports of a missing boy. They found him hiding in the home. The boy told deputies he had been handcuffed and forced to stnd in a closet as punishment... daily for about 16 hours a day, over several weeks. They say 41-year-old John Hernandez admitted to handcuffing the boy and placing him in the closet as punishment for behavior, from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Detectives als...

By Gordon Byrd Jan 25, 2021 TAMPA -- A missing child case led to the arrest of two people on child abuse charges. Detectives with the Hillsborough Sheriff's Office say deputies responded to a Tampa home early Sunday morning for reports of a missing boy. They found him hiding in the home. The boy told deputies he had been handcuffed and forced to stnd in a closet as punishment... daily for about 16 hours a day, over several weeks. They say 41-year-old John Hernandez admitted to handcuffing the boy and placing him in the closet as punishment for behavior, from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Detectives als...

Tampa couple arrested after handcuffing and locking young boy in closet for 16 hours a day Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and last updated 2021-01-25 12:42:40-05 A Tampa couple was arrested after they admitted to locking a young boy in a closet for hours at a time, HCSO deputies say. Sunday morning just before 6 a.m., deputies were called to a Tampa home for reports of a missing child. Once at the home deputies located the boy who had been hiding in the home, deputies say. A short time later, deputies returned to the scene to conduct an investigation into potential child abuse. The boy ...

Tampa couple accused of locking child inside closet ’16 hours a day’ as punishment, deputies say By FOX 13 News staff Published  article TAMPA, Fla. - While responding to a report of child abuse, Hillsborough County deputies said a young boy told them he was handcuffed and forced to stand in a closet during the past few weeks for 16 hours per day. Detectives said it was a form of "punishment" according to the child, and occurred almost every day. The investigation began Jan. 24 around 5:53 a.m. after deputies received reports of a missing child.  When they arrived at the home, ...