York PA Police arrest, beat and throw dad in jail naked for not paying $500 child support

September 1, 8:07 AMAlbany CPS and Family Court ExaminerDaniel Weaver

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  A dad working to pay child support. AP Photo/Chris O'Meara

The York Pennsylvania Police Department gave new meaning to the phrase deadbeat dad when they arrested a father, beat him severely and then threw him in prison for getting $500 behind in his child support payments. They also dragged him out of the house and to Lancaster County prison with only a top on. From the waist down he was completely naked.

Furthermore, they arrested his daughter for hindering the apprehension of a fugitive, the same daughter that the child support payments went to. She was staying at her father's house; and when the police came to the house, she told them her father wasn't home. She was telling the truth because she did not know he had come home.

All this for $500 in child support. But there's more. The ex-wife had written a letter agreeing to wait for the child support, knowing that the father had just started working. So none of this should have happened, but it did anyway.

This happened in May and was brought to light by Ben of daddyjustice.com. Take time to watch all three of these videos from daddyjusticefilms in order to hear the whole story.

No doubt there are more stories like Bill's around the United States as non-custodial parents are having trouble paying child support during the recession. After all of the press coverage of the government's bailout of banks, the auto industry and mortgage industry, the press has finally begun to focus on the plight of non-custodial parents trying to pay child support. But there has been no bailout and little mercy shown to non-custodial parents during the current recession.

Bill's story reveals that there is not likely to be any bailout or mercy shown to non-custodial parents in the near future either.

Copyright 2009 Daniel Weaver. It is both unethical and illegal to republish this article in its entirety. Permission is granted to republish the first two paragraphs of this article, as long as a link to the entire article is provided. Thank you for your co-operation in the matter.