Newark officials say 6 charged with severely beating boy – New Jersey Herald

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities in New Jersey say six adults have been charged with severely beating a 3-year-old boy.

Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose announced the arrests Wednesday. All six of the suspects live in the same house and police say they systematically beat the child using their fists and a belt.

Prosecutors also say they poured scalding hot water on the boy as a form of corporal punishment.

All six are currently being held at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark. They are scheduled to make their first court appearance on Thursday.

The investigation leading to the arrests was conducted by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit with the Newark Police Department’s Special Victims Bureau.