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Mom Gets 1 Year In Wal-Mart Beating
POSTED: 7:59 am MST November 28,
2007
UPDATED: 11:40 am MST December 21,
2007
PHOENIX -- A woman who beat her son until he bled inside a Mesa Wal-Mart was sentenced Friday to one year in prison, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office said.Tina Lynn Tatum, 29, will also be placed on lifetime supervised probation.Tatum pleaded guilty on Nov. 21 to one count of child abuse, a class six felony.In a Wal-Mart store in August, Tatum dragged her 10-year-old son by his feet and repeatedly punched him in the head, stomach and back until he bled.
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Tatum was already on lifetime probation for child abuse for her role in the 2003 death of her 3-month-old baby, County Attorney Andrew Thomas said. Her then-boyfriend, 32-year-old Pedro Peralta, was sentenced to life in prison for shaking the baby to death. Tatum pleaded guilty to watching the abuse and failing to report it.She was released from prison in 2006 and was placed on lifetime probation, but a Child Protective Services representative told the East Valley Tribune there was no follow-up monitoring even though Tatum was an ex-convict with custody of her son.
Tatum was already on lifetime probation for child abuse for her role in the 2003 death of her 3-month-old baby, County Attorney Andrew Thomas said. Her then-boyfriend, 32-year-old Pedro Peralta, was sentenced to life in prison for shaking the baby to death. Tatum pleaded guilty to watching the abuse and failing to report it.She was released from prison in 2006 and was placed on lifetime probation, but a Child Protective Services representative told the East Valley Tribune there was no follow-up monitoring even though Tatum was an ex-convict with custody of her son.
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