Crime & Safety
Wentzville Mom Spanked Kids With Belt, Wooden Paddle, Police Say
Police said a belt imprint was plainly visible three days after children were spanked by their 45-year-old mother, who is being charged with two counts of child abuse.
A Wentzville woman was charged with spanking her children with a belt and a wooden paddle, leaving bruises on their thighs.
Betty Gage, 45, of the 1300 block of Meadow Ridge in , was charged Aug. 10 with two counts of child abuse.
said in a report that Gage used a belt with a metal buckle and a hand-carved wooden paddle to spank the children on April 13, “causing significant injuries including bruising on the children’s thighs.”
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Although three days lapsed between the incident and discovery of the injuries, “two children had a clear imprint of the belt used on their thighs,” police said in the report.
The children are ages 10, 7 and 5 years old.
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Bond was set at $1,000.
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