DAYTON ABUSE ARRESTS

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, A POLICE INVESTIGATION HAS LED TO TWO ARRESTS AND THE REMOVAL OF CHILDREN AND ANIMALS FROM ONE RESIDENCE. 
35-YEAR-OLD HEATHER PIPPEN AND 40-YEAR-OLD STEPHANAS GOLDEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND RESISTING ARREST AFTER A POLICE INVESTIGATED A VIRAL VIDEO THAT SHOWED GOLDEN BEATING A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL WITH A BELT WHILE SITTING ON HER CHEST AS THE GIRL BEGGED TO BREATHE. SEVEN CHILDREN WERE REMOVED FROM THE RESIDENCE, DESCRIBED AS DEPLORABLE, AS WELL AS FOURTEEN DOGS. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE COUPLE WAS RUNNING AN UNLICENSED DOG BREEDING OPERATION. MONTGOMERY COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES NOW HAS THE CHILDREN.