Mobile man arrested after 4 children say they were abused: Police

Summer Poole
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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile man was arrested after four children said they were being abused, according to the Mobile Police Department.

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An MPD news release said officers were called to a local elementary and middle school Thursday for reports of child abuse.

When the officers arrived, they found that two boys had “severe bruising” and “described being physically abused” by a guardian, according to the release.

The boys also allegedly said the guardian had threatened them with a gun.

Officers did additional investigating at the middle school and found that two other children “revealed similar allegations” about the same guardian, and one had visible injuries, according to the release.

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38-year-old Roderick Decorey Beck was arrested and charged with four counts of willful abuse of a child.

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