Mom and boyfriend arrested after they made 12-year-old daughter run up and down street in diaper

[cali]

Updated: 05/08/2012 03:14:15 PM CDT

Stephanie Ann Broten: Stephanie Ann Broten, 38, and Darnell Alan Landrum, 34, both of Fridley, were arrested Monday, May 7 on suscipian of malicious punishment of a child. The couple reportedly shaved Broten's 12-year-old daughter's head and forced her to run up and down a city street wearing a diaper because she brought home bad grades from school. They are being held in the Anoka County Jail awaiting charges. (Courtesy of Anoka County Sheriff's office)

A Fridley mother and her live-in boyfriend are in jail after police say they shaved the woman's 12-year-old daughter's head and forced her to run up and down a city street in a diaper.

Fridley police arrived on the 1600 block of 68th Avenue at about 7:20 p.m. Monday, May 7 to find a crowd of more than 50 people watching the girl as she moved up and down the block in nothing but a diaper and a tank top, said Fridley Police Lt. Mike Monsrud. Her hair had also been completely shaved off, Monsrud added, saying officers believe she had been outside for about half an hour before a neighbor alerted police.

"When the officer found her she was crying and hysterical," Monsrud said.

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http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_20575138/fridley-police-mom-and-boyfriend-arrested-after-they

And here's my opinion on this: Take this girl and her siblings out of this house permanently. They may not stand much of a chance in the foster care system, but they stand no chance with this mother and her boyfriend. Do not have a goal of reuniting these kids with the mother.

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. sick - "When the officer found her she was crying and hysterical," Monsrud said.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. double sick - crowd of more than 50 people watching the girl as she moved up and down the block in n

[pnwmom]

18. Some in that crowd probably called the police

and then waited for the police to get there.

[Liberal_in_LA]

22. others probably filmed with cell phone to post on youtube

[Enrique]

3. i don't think this will help her grades

[pnwmom]

11. There are a couple good reasons this girl isn't doing well in school.

The two morons who are raising her.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. triple sick - Through the whole contact, and even on the way to jail, both were laughing

Through the whole contact, and even on the way to jail, both were laughing and thinking it was ridiculous police would get involved in what they said was their parental decision,"
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guess they aren't laughing now

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

15. Sound like teabaggers

The gubmint need to leave us alone!

[Pirate Smile]

5. Gawd, that just makes me want to throw up.

[cali]

8. Yeah, me too.

It's so cruel and disgusting.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. me too. Can you imagine how horrific it was for a 12 yr old girl to be in diaper in front of crowd

of 50 people for 30 minutes! half naked! head shaved.

[pnwmom]

16. People with empathy can imagine. People like this pair cannot.

I hope they lose custody of all the children, permanently.

[pnwmom]

6. I hope that couple permanently loses custody.

No one like that should ever be allowed near a child.

[hifiguy]

7. Those kids need to be out of there NOW!

Neither one of these people looks like they'll be nominated for "brightest bulb on the tree" anytime soon. Poor girl.

[cali]

12. the article says they placed all 4 kids in foster care

it also said that the couple laughed and joked about the police intruding in family discipline while they were riding in the cop car.

[Bruce Wayne]

33. I hope they keep laughing when the girl presses criminal assault charges.

I hope they laugh all the way to jail.

[lpbk2713]

10. Seeing as how the "adults" relate to public humiliation so well ...

The judge could have them choose between several months in the pokey ... or, they could opt to having their heads shaven and spending a few days walking up and down the local main roads wearing diapers and carrying signs indicating how this is their preferred form of punishment.

[Initech]

13. Holy crap - some people should just not be allowed to have kids.

[Warren Stupidity]

14. those parents are just not with it. Humiliation is acceptable on YouTube, TRW not so much.

They should have put another angry authoritarian parent video up on the internets, that is the way to do it. Then you can humiliate your child in front of literally millions of people and be applauded for your excellent parenting skills.

[cali]

21. huh?

[Fumesucker]

25. The guy who shot his daughter's laptop and put it on Youtube..

There were more than a few DUers who thought it was perfectly fine..

[cali]

28. yeah, that was awful, but no, not as awful as this.

[magical thyme]

34. seems to me the asshole that shot his daughter's laptop was humiliating himself nt

[Blue_Tires]

35. They must have gotten some very wrong conclusions from that "Tiger Mom" book

[Ian David]

17. My wife makes me do this all the time. n/t

[Fumesucker]

26. It doesn't count if you enjoy it.. n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

19. Diaper was on head??

Couple Made Girl Run in Public with Diaper on Head, Police Say

A mother and her boyfriend shaved her daughter's hair, put a diaper over her shaved head and made her down the street as punishment for bad grades at school Monday—all before a crowd of about 50 people, according to Fridley police and the St.

http://fridley.patch.com/articles/link-couple-made-girl-run-in-public-with-diaper-on-head-police-say

[pnwmom]

20. The articles seem to say two different things. But what they did was abusive, in either case

From the article in the OP:

"watching the girl as she moved up and down the block in nothing but a diaper and a tank top, said Fridley Police Lt. Mike Monsrud."

The article you linked to said it was based on the original article and police report -- so I'm wondering if the second article mis-read the first one.

[southernyankeebelle]

23. Take those children out of their house and put them with responsible relatives. Maybe

even their dad. This is worse then physical abuse.

[Horse with no Name]

24. What the fuck is wrong with people???

SMH.

[Pithlet]

27. I share your opinion.

If this is what they'd do in the open? I don't even want to think about what goes on in private.

[Downtown Hound]

30. Gee, wonder why their daughter gets bad grades

when she obviously has such a loving and supportive family environment?

[pnwmom]

32. Exactly. She's obviously got more than schoolwork to worry about. n/t

[Jennicut]

31. I guess taking away cell phone and tv privileges was not enough for these parents.

You know, like most normal parents would. Grounding or taking away stuff. Not shaving (!) your kid's hair off and forcing them to run down the street in a diaper. Or maybe spend sometime helping her with her homework. These people are clearly nuts. Poor kid.