A 46-year-old St. Augustine man has been arrested after a boy was tied to a chair for several hours and beaten, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.
Brian Keith Badgett was arrested early Tuesday evening on charges of aggravated child abuse and false imprisonment, and remains behind bars on $300,000 bail.
Badgett had been arguing with one of the boy’s relatives for three days leading up to Tuesday. He blamed the boy for causing the argument, making him sit in a chair facing a wall, according to the arrest report. Then he used zip-ties to strap the boy’s arms to the chair, leaving him “defenseless and unable to leave.”
Badgett made threats to kill the boy, who was left tied up for three to four hours, the report said. The boy, whose age was redacted, reported that Badgett had several knives, a hatchet and a blowtorch in the home.
Badgett finally cut the child loose after punching him in the head and face several times, ordering him to leave “and never return or I’ll kill you,” the report said. Investigators said they found visible injuries on the boy’s arms and face, while Badgett said he only put the child in the chair “to talk to him.”
St. Augustine boy bound for several hours, beaten
A 46-year-old St. Augustine man has been arrested after a boy was tied to a chair for several hours and beaten...
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