On that day at about 3:20 p.m., Anna Bencosme was parked in the back parking lot of the Wayne County Justice Center in Monticello, Kentucky, authorities state. Someone called 911 saying she was "screaming" and "yanking on a child."
Deputies and officers with the Monticello Police Department responded, and as Bencosme's vehicle started pulling out of the lot, Sheriff Tim Catron and two deputies pulled her over.
Inside the vehicle, a deputy "located four children with two of them having duct tape being placed across their mouths and nose areas," the sheriff's office stated, noting that the deputy "immediately removed the duct tape from the children."
The law enforcement officers interviewed the mother — during which she allegedly "stated it was her children and she could discipline her children however she wanted and this act was routinely done."
The sheriff's office said the investigation is ongoing. State child protection workers were also contacted and they opened up an investigation "into all the children's wellbeing."
Mother duct-taped her kids' mouths and noses because of their screams: Sheriff
A mother in Kentucky is accused of duct-taping her children's mouths and noses because they were apparently being unruly and then admitting that she used this punishment often.
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