Couple To Stand Trial Over Girl’s Smiley Face, and Derogatory Word Tattoo

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CENTERVILLE, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania couple has been ordered to stand trial on charges they tattooed a smiley face and a derogatory word on a 12-year-old girl who spent the night at their home.

The Titusville Herald reports 33-year-old Randall Charlton III and 30-year-old Melissa Becker, both of Centerville, on Tuesday waived their rights to preliminary hearings on child endangerment and related charges over the May 14 tattooing.

Crawford County prosecutors say Charlton and Becker didn’t contact the girl’s mother for permission to be tattooed. That’s against the law in Pennsylvania.

The girl was visiting children who were being supervised by Charlton and Becker at the time.

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[cyberswede]

1. Why would someone do that?!?

[ellie]

2. That was my first thought!

What the hell?

[Bandit]

4. I would imagine the girls wanted a tatoo and the couple did not think to ask for parental

permission. Almost all 12 year old girls want a tatoo and they want them to be spicy.. Poor judgement is all I see here.

[Boom Sound 416]

3. How could this happen

Outside Florida?

[SheilaT]

5. No matter how innocuous the tattoo might be,

parents ought to have the good sense to know better than to tattoo some other parents' kid without permission. On the other hand, the parents who did that are young enough, and became parents way too young (if you ask me) to be more than kids themselves.

A poster above suggested that the girl might have wanted it herself. That absolutely does not negate the need for real parental permission.

And the comment about Florida is totally uncalled for. Every single state has its share of idiots.