Man Arrested For Pulling 2-Year-Olds Teeth With Pliers

Last updated on Wednesday, December 29, 2010

(MADISON, IN) - A Hanover man is accused of using pliers to pull two teeth from the mouth of his girlfriend’s son.

27-year-old Andrew Richards faces felony charges of child battery and confinement.

The two-year-old boy's mother, Jessica Carder, is charged with aiding child battery and neglect.

Carder allegedly told police that Richards pulled the child's loose teeth while he was high on Oxycontin.

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