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Metro Atlanta / State News 8:43 p.m. Friday, January 22, 2010 By Alexis Stevens The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
http://www.ajc.com/news/cops-mom-forces-son-280517.html
As punishment for bad grades, a Georgia mother forced her 12-year-old son to kill his pet hamster with a hammer, police said.
The day after he was forced to kill his pet, the child told his teacher, Meriwether County Sheriff Steve Whitlock told the AJC Thursday evening.
The teacher reported the incident to DFCS authorities, who contacted police, Whitlock said. The pet's death allegedly took place at the family's Warm Springs home.
On Friday, 38-year-old Lynn Middlebrooks Geter was arrested, Whitlock said. Geter faces one charge each of animal cruelty, child cruelty and battery.
Geter remained in the Meriwether County jail Thursday evening, Whitlock said. Meriwether County is located about 90 minutes southwest of Atlanta.
Geter's husband, Brad Geter, decline to comment on the incident when reached by phone Friday evening.
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