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   POTOSI, Mo. — A Potosi woman and her boyfriend are facing 12 charges   
   each after police said they abused her children.   
      
   According to the Washington County Sheriff's Office, the abuse included   
   locking them in a chicken coop and shooting at them with air rifles. 5   
   On Your Side is not naming the suspects to avoid identifying the child   
   victims.   
      
   According to charging documents, the incidents happened between January   
   of 2023 and December of 2025 at the woman's home. Other incidents   
   included forcing two of the children to try methamphetamine, beating   
   them and throwing rocks at them. The charging documents said the   
   boyfriend also pointed a gun at two of the children and threatened to   
   kill them.   
      
   The woman is also accused of groping one of the children against the   
   child's will.   
      
   The sheriff's department said the couple also organized a "fight night"   
   birthday party during which children were forced to fight each other.   
      
   The woman is charged with four counts of child abuse, three counts of   
   endangering the welfare of a child, two counts of kidnapping, two counts   
   of domestic assault and one count of sexual abuse. The boyfriend is   
   charged with three counts of domestic assault, two counts each of abuse   
   or neglect of a child, kidnapping, endangering the welfare of a child   
   and armed criminal action and one count of unlawful use of a weapon.   
      
   Deputies executed a search warrant on Tuesday and took the woman and her   
   boyfriend into custody. The sheriff's office said they both "provided   
   statements reguarding the incidents."   
      
   Both suspects are being held without bond.   
      
   https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/potosi-woman-boyfriend-accused-lo   
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