"John Doe" - 12 yo - (Cassandra Scott -Suspect) Lake County FL

Lake County FL ---- Lake County detectives said
they arrested a woman who allegedly starved and handcuffed a 12-year-old boy.
Deputies arrested Cassandra Scott, 40, Thursday night on charges of
aggravated child abuse, according to police report.



The 12-year-old victim told a classmate that he had been abused by Scott, police
said. The classmate relayed the victim's story to an assistant principal at Gray
Middle School.
When deputies interviewed the victim, he told them that Scott accused him
of stealing a piece to a GPS unit and handcuffed his hands behind his back as
punishment.
The victim told deputies that Scott called him her "prisoner." The boy
said Scott kept him in the cuffs throughout the day until his hands were numb
and purple.
Deputies noted, in the police report, visible red markings on the boy's
wrists. A nurse conducted a medical exam and said the marks were consistent with
marks left by handcuffs.
Deputies said the boy became visibly upset when he recounted the abuse.
The boy refers to Scott as his "mom" in the police report, but statements made
deputies in the report suggest Scott is related to the boy in a different way.
The boy refers to three other juveniles who live in the home as is "brothers and
sisters," but deputies refer to the children as the boy's cousins.
One of the other juveniles confirmed seeing the boy handcuffed to Scott's
bed through the night and another said she had to "sneak in to tell him good
night because she wasn't supposed to be talking to him," according to the police
report.
The boy said Scott told someone over the phone it was "funny watching him
stand and his hands turning purple," according to deputies.
The 12-year-old was not allowed to eat, but was forced to watch the
family eat dinner. The boy was also not allowed to use the bathroom and urinated
himself twice, according to the report.
Scott was arrested at 9:30 p.m. Thursday night and is being held without
bond at the Lake County Jail.

thank god at least one judge has some sense in his head and set no bond