REDUCED | CHILD ABUSE REDUCED to class 6 open/misdemeanor with PROBATION and ZERO DAYS JAIL – State v. Mr. U. (DMC No. 5263) (Maricopa County Superior Court CR2005-005939): Mr. U. had a teenage step son that was very troublesome and had been charged with arson and destroying property in the past. His step son was getting D’s in school until Mr. U. began a more formalized schedule involving discipline. When Mr. U. caught his step son destroying more property, he disciplined him with a belt. He was subsequently charged with a class 4 felony child abuse. We were able to show the Prosecutor the problematic history of the teenage step son and the Prosecutor agreed to reduce charges to a class 6 open/misdemeanor with probation and no jail. At the conclusion of probation, Mr. U. only had a misdemeanor on his record. The step son moved back to Tennessee to be with his biological mother.
