Six children were taken out of a home in Lincoln Thursday, because police suspect their father beat several of them with a belt, according to court documents.
A 10-year-old girl reported the abuse at school Feb. 9, saying he hit her and her 7-year-old sister with the belt several times because they weren't cleaning their room fast enough, an affidavit for emergency custody of the children said.
Officers noted the girls had 7- to 9-inch red marks on their arms, the affidavit said.
Both girls said they are afraid of their dad and that he hit them often. The Journal Star is not identifying the 45-year-old father to protect the identity of the children.
On Thursday, the 10-year-old told someone at school that her dad hit her younger sister and brothers, 3 and 1, on Wednesday night, police reported.
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The 7-year-old was beaten after she accidentally ran over her 3-year-old brother's foot with a small bicycle, the affidavit said.
Officers ticketed the father on suspicion of child abuse neglect and took him to jail on unrelated warrants.
The children's mother died last year. The other two are 4 and 16.