Ohio dad who shock-collared kids gets 16 years

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February 3, 2009

Ohio dad who shock-collared kids gets 16 years

Anonymous The Weatherford Democrat Tue Feb 03, 2009, 09:59 AM CST

XENIA, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for disciplining his children with a dog shock collar.

David Liskany of Jamestown had pleaded guilty to charges of felonious assault and attempted felonious assault.

In court Friday, Greene County Common Pleas Judge J. Timothy Campbell compared the punishments to torture.

The judge said Liskany punished the children in 2006 and 2007 by putting them in cold showers, holding them underwater and using the shock collar, which is commonly used to train dogs.

The judge said the case sounded ‘‘like something from Guantanamo Bay.’’

The children are now 5, 12 and 14.

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