(La Porte, IN) - Arrests have been made in connection with a La Porte boy getting abused for several weeks earlier in the summer.

 

His mother, Leanne Disbrow, her boyfriend’s son, Brett Culvahouse, and family friend Austin Justice have all been charged in La Porte Circuit Court.

 

Police got involved in late June when the 11-year-old boy wound up at the hospital with bruises all over his body, all inflicted at his home on Roosevelt Street.

 

The boy told authorities he had been punched and kicked at times, for no reason, since the beginning of summer break. The investigation also turned up claims that the boy’s mother gave the two men permission to discipline her son as they saw fit.

 

Disbrow, and at least one of the other suspects, also allegedly wore a boxing glove to strike the boy (and on one or more occasions, utilized a plastic baseball bat).

 

According to court documents, the boy was taken to the hospital after being beat up again, this time struck in the arm several times with BB’s from a BB gun.

 

The mother insisted the injuries were from her son falling out of bed and shooting himself.

 

Disbrow has been charged with Neglect of a Dependent and Domestic Battery. 

 

Culvahouse was charged with Domestic Battery, while Justice has been charged with Battery.