Georgia couple facing cruelty charges after tattooing 5 of their 6 kids with crosses
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A Georgia couple is facing child cruelty charges for tattooing six of their children with a crude device made from a guitar string, says reports.
Patty Jo Marsh and husband Jacob Edwards Bartels were arrested late last year after the biological mother of some of the children found that markings on their hands wouldn't wash off.
They were each charged with three counts of illegal tattooing, second degree child cruelty and reckless conduct. The couple was released Friday after posting a property bond of $10,000 each.
Both unlicensed tattooing and the tattooing of minors are illegal in Georgia.
Five of their six children, ages 10 to 17, received small cross tattoos on their hands. Another child had "mom and dad" lettered on a hand. The youngest child was left unmarked.
Police described the home-made tattoo gun as a plastic pen with a needle made from a guitar string that was connected to an electric motor.
Marsh thinks the public overreacted to the tattoos.
"We would never do anything to hurt them," she told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution after her arrest. "I don't understand why this is getting blowed up so big."
John Everett, Chattooga County Sheriff, told the local paper that the case is unusual. "I've never seen parents tattooing their kids like that."
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[quote]I don't understand why this is getting blowed up so big.[/quote]
This is what happens when cousins get together.
[B]RELIGION[/B]
Now that that's out of the way, this is pretty messed up. I can't imagine how a 17 year old would have consented to this and/or not told someone responsible about it
Tattooing your children, that's awful.
You're supposed to brand them silly
Guys, why is this getting blowed up so big.
I bet they'll be real cross when they grow up
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Holy fuck, I swear I've read something like this before
[QUOTE=Dr. Fishtastic;23115509]I bet they'll be real cross when they grow up
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Holy fuck, I swear I've read something like this before[/QUOTE]
Possibly that science (chem or physics i think) teacher that branded a few students with crosses?
[url]http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/20/teacher.cross/[/url]
Yeeeeeehawwwwww
I guess the police were rather crossed about this...
I guess you could say they crossed the line.
Wait, doesn't the Bible say that tattoos are bad?
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;23115587]Possibly that science (chem or physics i think) teacher that branded a few students with crosses?
[url]http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/20/teacher.cross/[/url][/QUOTE]
No actually, I swear I read another case about some backwater parents that tried to tattoo their kids
[QUOTE=Article;23116668]tattooing six of their children with a crude device made from a guitar string [/QUOTE]
How the fuck do you tattoo someone with a guitar string?
I only pierced their skin 100+ time's with a guitar string. It wasn't that big a deal, gosh.
[QUOTE=Riodoku;23115873]Wait, doesn't the Bible say that tattoos are bad?[/QUOTE]
any indelible marks or something like that.
:byodood: Guitar strings hurt when you get poked by them.
[QUOTE=Sprocket Shit;23119047]any indelible marks or something like that.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but we all know that the Bible is something you can just pick and choose verses to believe in from.
/s
"It's not the god that I hate, just the fanclub."
[QUOTE=Helldoran;23117299]How the fuck do you tattoo someone with a guitar string?[/QUOTE]
[quote]Police described the home-made tattoo gun as a plastic pen with a needle made from a guitar string that was connected to an electric motor.[/quote]
[QUOTE=Riodoku;23115873]Wait, doesn't the Bible say that tattoos are bad?[/QUOTE]
It also said that if a woman marries and isn't a virgin that she needs to be put to death. And that divorces will send you to hell.
Oh, and you can't play with the skin of a pig either, so everyone who plays football is hell bound too.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;23115326]Tattooing your children, that's awful.
You're supposed to brand them silly[/QUOTE]
It's Georgia, not Texas.
[QUOTE=Helldoran;23117299]How the fuck do you tattoo someone with a guitar string?[/QUOTE]
One thing a lot of tattoo artists teach apprentices is to tattoo using guitar string, the right gauge of string is fairly strong and it would do the job just as well as a purpose built needle as long as it's sterilised.
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[QUOTE=deathmog;23119100]:byodood: Guitar strings hurt when you get poked by them.[/QUOTE]
Only if they go deep :v: under a few layers of skin and you're fine.
Crazy rednecks. :rolleyes:
So was the youngest one too evil to accept Jesus or something?
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