Angry Dad Beats 9-Year-Old Girl for Putting 'Stolen' Candy Canes in Letter to Santa

KENOSHA -- A Kenosha man is in jail and faces child abuse charges after he reportedly beat his 9-year-old daughter with a belt after she took candy canes so she could put them in a letter to Santa Claus.

According to a report by the Kenosha News, Louis E. Morgan told police in a written statement "I told (her) that there was no Santa Claus and he wasn’t the one bringing the gifts, that it was her mom and I busting our butts and shopping in the cold and saving money to give them the gifts they want, not some FANTASY and the sooner she learned that the better off she would be.”

According to the Kenosha News, police were called to Curtis Strange Elementary School after the girl told her teacher that she had been struck repeatedly with a belt.

The report stated the girl had bruises on her arm, side and leg. She told school staff she had been “whooped” for stealing candy canes.

Morgan is currently held in the Kenosha County Jail on a $15,000 signature bond, and faces up to seven-and-a-half years in prison, if he is convicted.

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