Bernell McCall told a judge Wednesday his mother and her friend often bound him or locked him in a closet for "stealing" food from the family's kitchen.
The Oklahoma County judge later ordered LaRhonda Marie McCall, 37, and Steve Vern Hamilton, 38, to stand trial on multiple counts of felony child abuse. Both have pleaded not guilty.
According to the boy, who is now in foster care, his mother and Hamilton would use twine, a telephone cord or plastic ties to bind him, whichever was handy, and put him in a closet, the boy said, lifting his arms toward the judge.
"Sometimes they would leave me in …
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