Teen Charged After YouTube Baby Launch
Video Shows Teen Using Pillow To Launch Baby Several Feet
POSTED: 7:49 am EDT July 2,
2008
UPDATED: 8:03 am EDT July 2,
2008
LEESBURG, Ga. -- A south Georgia teenager is charged with child cruelty after an online video showed a young man launching a baby several feet across a room.The video posted on YouTube shows the teenage boy putting a baby on one side of a large, inflatable pillow on the floor.The boy then jumps on the pillow and the baby flies several feet across the room before landing on the floor and crying.The 16-year-old Lee County boy was arrested Tuesday after a school teacher saw the video and called the sheriff's office. The boy's name was not released because of his age.The boy was charged with a felony count of cruelty to children as well as a misdemeanor count of the same charge.The video has been removed from YouTube.
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