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Police: Mom Used Stove To Discipline Kids

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Police are searching for a mother of three they said is wanted on suspicion of aggravated child abuse, according to WJXT-TV.

According to investigators, 36-year-old Belinda Hicks used a hot stove to discipline her children.

Police said Hicks would deliberately put her children's knuckles, hands and feet on the hot burners of the stove as a punishment.


A warrant was recently issued for the woman's arrest.

The wanted woman's ex-husband Roland Hicks told WJXT that he found out what was happening when his children stayed with him in early May.

"They said their mom would usually burn my daughter's fingers, her knuckles, the back her fingers and hands, and I saw those, and the child protection agency took pictures of that. Then my kids say when they get disciplined, not to tell or they would get hit with an extension cord," Roland Hicks said.

He said he took the children, ages 10, 11 and 12, to Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center, where doctors confirmed the signs of abuse.

They said one of the children sustained second-degree burns on her foot and reported that there were older injuries consistent with the stories the children were reporting.

"We're looking for her. Belinda Hicks is on the run. We believe her to be in the Jacksonville area, but we're not sure where right now," said Jacksonville Sheriff's Office spokesman Ken Jefferson.

WJXT-TV's Jim Piggott reported that Belinda Hicks was arrested in the past on a domestic abuse charge, but nothing involving children.

Police ask anyone with information about the wanted woman's whereabouts to call Crimestoppers at 866-845-TIPS.

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Posted in: News on May 25, 2007 @ 12:00 AM

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