Soldier admitted brutally beating 3-year-old because he refused to work on his ABCs: police

The US Army soldier caught viciously beating a 3-year-old boy told police he started hitting the child because he refused to work on his ABCs, according to charging documents. Paul Thames, a 29-year-old active duty sergeant with the 1st Cavalry Division stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, was caught on a neighbor’s Ring camera punching the...