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Oct 30, 2024

Police: Springfield parents arrested after repeatedly tasering children as discipline

Parents of two children have been arrested after authorities investigated reported abuse, including use of a taser on the children, the Springfield Police Department reports. On September 17, 2024 the

Parents of two children have been arrested after authorities investigated reported abuse, including use of a taser on the children, the Springfield Police Department reports.

On September 17, 2024 the Springfield Police Department and Department of Human Services began investigating a report of child abuse regarding a 7-year-old boy with multiple injuries all over his body.

Springfield residents Brandon Rogers, 44, and Heather Black, 36, were identified as the parents.

"Through the course of the investigation, it was learned Rogers and Black had physically abused their son, on two reported occasions, by tasing him as a form of discipline," Springfield PD said.

On October 4, SPD detectives located Rogers and Black at their residence and arrested them for Assault III, Unlawful Use of a Stun Gun, and Criminal Mistreatment I regarding those incidents.

Detectives served a search warrant at their residence and collected multiple items of evidence to corroborate the incident, the report stated.

"Detectives continued the investigation and began processing a large volume of digital evidence, to include multiple hours of video surveillance and other digital evidence," SPD said. "During this time, Rogers and Black were both released from the Lane County Jail. As the investigation progressed, a more heinous environment was discovered where Rogers and Black were physically abusing their son multiple times a day for multiple days in a row using a Taser and other weapons. Rogers and Black also menaced their 4-year-old daughter on multiple occasions with the Taser."

On October 29, detectives re-located Rogers and Black and arrested them for additional incidents that were discovered after their first arrest.

Detectives are still going through video and additional charges may be forthcoming, police said.

Thee 7-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter are now safe and living with other family members.

Black and Rogers were lodged at the Lane County Jail for the following charges:

Anyone with further information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Springfield Police Department at 541-726-3721.