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Nightrider · Sep 25, 2004

Dad Allegedly 'Waterboarded' 4-Year-Old Daughter: Joshua Tabor Arrested

A U.S. soldier is accused of holding his 4-year-old daughter's head upside-down underwater because she would not recite the alphabet, according to court documents.

Joshua Ryan Tabor, 27, was arrested Sunday, January 31, when police in Yelm, Wash. were responding to a domestic disturbance.

According to court documents, Tabor was "irate, intoxicated and walking around the neighborhood with his Kevlar helmet threatening to break windows." Tacoma News Tribune has more on the abuse:

Tabor spoke to a Yelm police officer and said that he and his girlfriend had "held her down on the counter and submerged her head into the water three or four times until the water came around her forehead and jawline." He said that she was face-up when her head was in the water. He added that they gave this punishment for the 4-year-old "refusing to say her letters."

Tabor told police that his daughter is afraid of water "and was squirming around trying to get away from the water. Joshua did not act as though he felt there was anything wrong with this form of punishment."

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Jaddon · Oct 12, 2005

Putting a childs head under water is NOT a punishment its ABUSE!
They should arrest the mother too!

So what if a 4 year does not want to say the alphabet that is not even cause for a punishment at all. Sounds like they were just looking for a reason to abuse the poor baby!