October 11, 2023 Both sides agree ‘boy in the box’ punishment was a mistake. Jury to decide if it was a crime It’s time for the jury to deliberate whether the Florida father who kept his adoptive son in a box in the family garage is guilty of aggravated child abuse.
October 10, 2023 ‘A very inappropriate way’: Whose case did defense expert help in ‘boy in the box’ trial? A defense expert witness in the “boy in the box” case was so critical of how Timothy Ferriter dealt with his son’s behavior that she may have hurt his case.
October 6, 2023 Hours of yelling, cursing, even crying: More ‘boy in the box’ exchanges with adopted dad before state rested The jury in the trial of Timothy Ferriter watched and heard hours of sometimes difficult video involving Ferriter and his adopted teenage son, forced to live in an 8-by-8-foot box in the family’s Florida garage.
October 5, 2023 Jury watches hours of ‘boy in the box’ video: ‘You wanna take this to the next level? Let’s go!’ The jury in the ‘boy in the box’ case spent hours watching video of the 14-year-old victim, taken with a camera installed on the ceiling of the structure in the garage.
October 4, 2023 ‘Being locked in a room is dehumanizing’: Boy kept in 8×8 garage box testifies in adoptive dad’s trial For the first time, the boy who was forced to live in an 8×8-foot boxĀ in his family’s garage spoke publicly. He was testifying in the trial of his adoptive father.
February 21, 2023 ‘Horrific’ attack involved knives, wire, punching, kicking, mouth taped shut, sheriff says Three people are under arrest for what the sheriff called a “horrific” kidnapping and attack in the basement of a home in North Carolina.
November 6, 2022 Cadet sentenced years after ‘messing’ with ex, her new beau in lieutenant dad’s patrol car He wanted to be in law enforcement like his father but in the end, the law came down on him.
April 24, 2022 Son arrested after dad found in feces, locked in room for 8 months, no food for 4 days An older man called Palm Beach County Fire Rescue and two sheriff’s deputies joined them at the scene. “[The victim] advised that he had seizures a couple days ago and that his son did not help him. [The victim] also advised that he had been locked in his room for approximately 8 months.”
April 20, 2022 Girl, 9, elbows alleged molester ‘as hard as she could,’ runs out of bathroom What happened at a wedding reception earlier this month was no cause for celebration.
March 7, 2022 Exclusive: Box where boy was allegedly locked up has been torn down, removed The couple charged with aggravated child abuse for allegedly keeping their 14-year-old son locked in a box have had it demolished and removed from their garage.
