On Monday, 36-year-old Timothy Lee Wilson was found guilty of two counts of falsely imprisoning a child under 13, three counts of aggravated child gun abuse, four counts of aggravated child abuse and one count of child neglect, the prosecutor’s office said. Orange County in a statement to People. The arrest made headlines last year when an employee at Mrs. Potato, Flavaine Carvalho, noticed the boy’s injuries and realized he was the only member of the family not fed at the restaurant. “When Ms Carvalho noticed injuries to the victim, she signaled to identify if she needed help by holding a sign away from Mr Wilson’s eyes, and he acknowledged that he did,” the statement recalled. Waiting for your permission to upload the video to Facebook. When police searched the house, they found that the boy was “tortured, maliciously punished and deprived of food and water for days at a time.” Detectives said the boy was kept in a separate room used for storage, away from his mother and brother. “Usually he was deprived of food and drink, he was put in military exercises, hung upside down from a door by his neck and legs, and at some point he was handcuffed in a wheelchair on Christmas day,” the statement said. “Police found several items used as weapons – a bent metal pole, a wooden broom, a cart, handcuffs and ratchet straps used to tie the victim.” Wilson will be sentenced in September. The boy’s mother, Kristen Swann, also faces many allegations of abuse, including neglect and failure to report abuse. According to investigators, he admitted that he was aware of the abuse, but did nothing about it. He has pleaded not guilty. Her trial is scheduled for July. See the previous coverage below: GoFundMe / Orlando Police Department
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