Ohio father gets maximum term after shocking children with cattle prod

Ohio father Robert Bores was sentenced to the maximum six years in prison after pleading guilty to two felony domestic violence counts involving abuse of his children and stepchildren, who were 8 and 9 at the time. Court statements described Bores chasing the children with an electric cattle prod and shocking them on different parts of their bodies, including as punishment for not putting away laundry; he also struck them with other household or animal-related items. The judge cited the children’s fear, their need for counseling, and Bores’ history of domestic violence and probation violations in imposing the sentence. Bores’ attorney argued that he did not intend to injure the children and used the prod mainly to frighten them, while prosecutors rejected the characterization of the device as anything other than a weapon.