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Article: South San Francisco man pleads not guilty to child abuse
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- September 19, 2009
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO -- A South San Francisco man who used hot
sauce, a belt and cold showers to discipline his two young daughters
has pleaded not guilty to child abuse charges, a prosecutor said
Friday.
Ronald Brian White, 38, disciplined his daughters, who are 5 and
6 years old, with a belt and put at least one of them in a cold
shower when she wet her bed, said South San Francisco Detective Tom
Neary.
He went on to say that on occasions when the daughters would
refuse to eat a meal, White would pour hot sauce on the food and
force them to eat.
White faces a maximum of eight years in state prison if convicted
of all the charges.
"Everything was negative in the way these kids were ...