Crime & Safety
While babysitting kids, a man pepper sprayed and tased them
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Jonesboro, Arkansas – After pepper-spraying and tasing two kids, one man is being charged with endangering children.
The woman called Jonesboro police to report that Cody Cox, 32, of Bono had pepper sprayed and tased her children while he was watching them, according to the affidavit.
By the time the police came, Cox had already left the house.
Cox had consumed alcohol that evening, the officers were informed.
Cox was detained in Bono and is accused of a number of offenses, including harming the welfare of a child.
The court date is in June, and the bond has been set at $150,000.
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