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Judge bans Virginia mom from spanking her child

Posted at 5:02 PM, Sep 19, 2013
and last updated 2013-09-20 19:30:32-04

UPDATE: Prosecutor says note from teacher prompted spanking with belt

STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. (WTVR) — A Stafford County mother will see her felony charge dropped, if she agrees not to spank her child for at least two years.

A Stafford County Circuit Court judge handed that deal to Felisha Kimble–Tanks, a dentist who practices in Annandale and lives in Stafford. She received the child cruelty charges after a Jan. 16 incident in which she spanked her 6-year-old daughter with a leather belt.

The Fredericksburg Free Lance Star reports that the spanking left bruises on the child’s thigh and that the child’s father filed a complaint against his estranged wife.