In Pryor, Oklahoma, Mayes County prosecutors have filed felony counts against a local man and a couple for allegedly binding the couple's 8-year-old boy and piercing his genitals with a hog ring. Authorities said 36 yr old jimmy Elrod, his wife 38 yr old Denise Elrod, and their house-mate 37 yr old Robert Crane, were charged earlier this week with injury to a child and lewd molestation. The Elrods are the adoptive parents of the boy and his 9-year-old sister. Following the arrest, the siblings were removed from Crane's home and placed in protective custody. Authorities arrested the Elrods and Crane after the boy was examined by a doctor at Tulsa's juvenile justice center. Denise Elrod told deputies that the boy was tied up at night to stop him from masturbating, and that the hog ring was applied for the same reason. Crane and the Elrods are each being held on $200,000 bail and are facing a prison sentence of ten years.
