Dad Who Tortured His 7-year-old Son With A Taser If He Dropped From Push-up Position During Family Dinners Learns His Fate

An Oregon begetter will walk decades down bars for torturing his 7-year-old boy pinch a Taser arsenic a shape of discipline — including erstwhile nan kid grounded to clasp a “push-up” position during family dinner.

Brandon Bret Rogers, 45, was sentenced Friday to much than 45 years successful situation aft a assemblage convicted him of astir 60 charges, including 9 counts of second-degree assault, 11 counts of first-degree criminal mistreatment and dozens of different charges related to kid abuse, Lookout Eugene-Springfield reported.

Police successful Springfield began investigating successful September 2024 aft receiving a report of kid maltreatment involving a 7-year-old boy who had “multiple injuries each complete his body.”

During their investigation, they learned that Rogers and nan boy’s mother, Heather Black, 38, “physically abused their son, connected 2 reported occasions, by tasing him arsenic a shape of discipline,” constabulary said.

However, authorities soon uncovered hours of surveillance footage from nan location that revealed a “more heinous environment,” wherever Rogers and Black physically abused their boy aggregate times a day, for aggregate days successful a row, utilizing a Taser and different weapons, constabulary said.

Rogers and Black besides “menaced their 4-year-old girl connected aggregate occasions pinch nan Taser,” cops said.

During Friday’s sentencing hearing, Lane County Circuit Judge Charles Zennaché elaborate immoderate of nan maltreatment nan boy endured.

One illustration of nan maltreatment that Zennaché shared progressive nan boy being told to enactment successful a “push-up” position while big family members ate dinner. The judge said location was video grounds of nan abuse.

“When [he] starts to drop, Dad tases him and yells astatine him,” Zennaché said, according to nan report. “No big did thing astir it astatine immoderate time, and it was shocking to me.”

The judge described Rogers' actions arsenic "deliberate cruelty" and "frankly torture" that was carried retired by personification who should person been giving his boy “solace and strength.”

Rogers’ attorney, Rebecca Antstine, blamed his actions connected a “very, very convulsive childhood,” during which he “incurred regular beatings from his father” that resulted successful hospitalization.

The 2 children person since been adopted, according to prosecutors. One of nan adoptive parents told nan tribunal nan 2 children are now “terrified to show nan truth erstwhile they make mistakes.”

Another genitor told Rogers that nan proceedings has forced nan children to relive their trauma.

"That saccharine babe boy was tortured and ganged up connected by some you and Heather," 1 of nan adoptive parents said. "You treated a boy who thought of you arsenic a dada for illustration an animal, a subhuman, worse than a captive successful a jail."

Rogers’ full condemnation is 45 years and 10 months. His lawyer says he plans to appeal. Black pleaded blameworthy past twelvemonth to battle and criminal mistreatment and is serving a 15-year situation sentence.