Florida father found guilty of abuse after locking son in small structure



A Florida jury convicted Timothy Ferriter on charges of aggravated child abuse, false imprisonment and child neglect after the father allegedly locked his 14-year-old son in a small structure. WPTV’s Jay Cashmere reports.

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20 comments

  1. new american psycho

  2. hahahahahaa look another roman doing what he does best

  3. NBC this happened yesterday. With the restrictions the dems have on you , are you running out of news. Its ok , there are non partisan news outlets that cover the important news that you seem to ignore. Pathetic.

  4. Now it’s the mom’s turn.

  5. He lost his children the day he hired the contractor to build an 8X8 room in a garage. The defense attorney is appalling

  6. No wonder that child had issues be confined in that box 15hrs a day pnut butter sandwich for breakfast and lunch. I pray he finds a loving family. And gets the help he's needed

  7. The kid DID NOT need constant supervision. He was misbehaving like any other kid who suffers from abandonment and adoption by cruel parents. OTHERWISE, how come he went to school? The wife is next and hope these horrible people get their due in prison!!!

  8. This attorney is incredibly dumb and disrespectful

  9. Even dad called it a box when he asked the contractor to build it. I have never been so satisfied to see someone realise they'll be confined to a 'small structure'

  10. There was a life for him outside of that box – labor, belittling, criticism and threats sprinkled with family photo ops for good measure.

  11. Now that monster will know what it's like to be locked up in a small area against your will, but with a twistl… he'll be in there with a guy named Big Bubba!!!

  12. I was thinking last night, about the enclosure where this animal put his son & trying to imagine how HOT that "room" without a window must have gotten in both Florida & Arizona ….imagine a 95 degree day, that room without windows and door shut would have been in excess of 100 degrees…..Thank God this young boy/ child didnt die….Put this "Devout Christian" out of his misery

  13. This guy makes me feel sick.. he deserves 40+years and his wife another 40 or 50 years since she is and was his accomplice in abusing their son.

  14. he's a man that abused his son, locked him up in a room, neglected him, and is a horrible human. hopefully he rots in jail and never comes out. lets see how he likes it.

  15. Now he gets to live in a box.

  16. I guess his fancy haircut and suit didn’t help that much.
    Animal

  17. Child abuse is wrong and imprisoning someone in a confined space is wrong. This is why this man is convicted because these things are obvious and we have laws against abuse. So how can we take this logic and improve our prisons?

    Our prisons confine people in a small space, subject them to constant fear of violence, malnourish them and even reinforce racism by segregating and encouraging gang culture and mob mentality.

    I am not suggesting prison should be a great vacation like spa. However we are already taking away someone's freedom. So abusing them in not needed. They should have a reasonable assumption of safety while in the care of the prison system without abuse from other inmates or guards. They should not be subjected to hyperinflated cost of goods in commissary or communication with their family. They should also get adequate medical and mental health care. The practice of segregation in prisons needs to be abolished as it is inhumane and encourages even more race related crimes.

  18. Heathen laugh😢 Woe🥀 what a cold blooded world🥀 Everything is being recorded in THE BOOK OF LIFE😮😊

  19. Schizophrenia uncontrolled and the system is very broken WE ALL LOSE AND WE SEE IT ON THE NEWS