I try to take pride in my (former) State...
Parents arrested after baby has up to 200 rat bites
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A six-month-old Medford baby was bitten by a rat up to 200 times after it escaped from its cage in the boy's room.
Police say the parents, 21-year-old Robert Horsfall and 19-year-old Maegan McCleary, found the rodent near a creek.
Police say they took the infant to the emergency room at Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford. Detectives say the parents apparently believed the rat was a domestic breed.
They brought it home and kept it in a cage in the room where they slept with the baby.
The next morning they found that the rat had escaped and bitten the boy. He had from 100 to 200 bites all over his body, including his face. He is being treated for infected wounds.
A second child at the home was placed in foster care.
The parents are being held in the Jackson County Jail on criminal mistreatment allegations.
When this kid gets older and asks his parents about those "200 or so" scars on his body and face... what are they gonna say? Has any story that began with "found the rodent near a creek" ever turned out good? I didn't think so.
Here's the link to the original story.
posted by Russell Arch at
5/05/2006
2 Comments:
Carefull there cowboy, before you start throwing stones you better look around. I think you'll find all your walls are made of glass too.
Don't make me start mailing you "California" Stories
Hey king... I think you may have misunderstood me. If anything I KNOW the chaos that goes on here in California... I just still have that "Norman Rockwell" ideal about Oregon.
But hey, if you got some good dirt on California... feel free to forward it.
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