A Real Scream: Oregon Father Arrested For Having Fun By Shocking Children With Dog Collar

marcumTodd Marcum, 41, in Oregon has been arrested for putting an electric dog collar on each of his four children and then shocking them because he “thought it was funny.”

Marcum’s little game involved chasing his children – aged 3, 6, 8 and 9 – with the collar to make them cry. Each one was shocked on at least one occasion.

He has been charged with four charges of first-degree criminal mistreatment.

Marcum seems to come from a certain perverse faction of parents, including this father who enjoyed baby cockfights.

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6 Responses to “A Real Scream: Oregon Father Arrested For Having Fun By Shocking Children With Dog Collar”


  1. 1 Buddha Is Laughing 1, May 7, 2009 at 11:44 am

    Funny?

    As much as I love the Constitution and the Rule of Law, I have to say this is an instance where the four charges of first-degree criminal mistreatment should result in four episodes of a severe beating for this “man”. It’s an emotional response, sure, but if you’re willing to shock a 3 year old for “fun”, you simply deserve to get your ass kicked. Repeatedly.

  2. 2 eniobob 1, May 7, 2009 at 12:02 pm

    There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, offers more entertainment than the TV set.
    Harriet Van Horne

  3. 3 Dredd 1, May 7, 2009 at 12:31 pm

    There is a future in the CIA for this dude.

  4. 4 Sally 1, May 7, 2009 at 1:12 pm

    I wonder what woman would be dumb enough to even get naked with a guy that looks like that

  5. 5 Anonymously Yours 1, May 7, 2009 at 6:37 pm

    Y’all are just Jealeous that it ain’t Texas this time. See, not all parents treat the children badly.

    NEW FLASH BREAKING NEWS

    Man from Oregon charged with Shocking his children is originally from Pampa, Texas.

  6. 6 rafflaw 1, May 7, 2009 at 8:49 pm

    How can the authorities give the mother custody of the children? Didn’t she know what her husband was doing? This guy needs to have his parental rights extinguished and to spend some quality time behind bars.


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