BOY TURNS IN HIS PARENTS

CHICAGO -- A 13-year-old boy turned in his mother and stepfather for
allegedly beating him and stockpiling drugs in their apartment.

Police arrested Kenneth Sharp and Hazel Poisso after a search of their home
turned up more than 17 pounds of cocaine, 20 grams of marijuana, a 12-gauge
shotgun and a 9 mm handgun, Lt. John Carioscia said Thursday.

The boy, who wasn't identified, confided in a 17-year-old friend that he
was afraid to go home because his mother beat him. He told police he hadn't
been to school in three years.

Sharp faces drug and weapons charges and was in jail in lieu of $2 million
bail. Poisso was charged with a misdemeanor count of domestic battery and
released on bond.

All five of Poisso's children were placed in state custody.