Police arrest dad for piercing son\u2019s ear in viral TikTok video TIKTOK: iamnugget770A viral TikTok captured the moment an Arkansas father got arrested at his home for piercing his son\u2019s ear and violating \u2018body art law.\u2019 It all started when a Springdale High School resource officer reported a student telling classmates his drunk dad \u201cput him in a chokehold and shoved the piercing in his ear,\u201d police said in a statement. The officer then contacted the Tontitown Police Department in regards to making a welfare check. Officers visited the family home, and while Jeremy Sherland admitted to piercing his son\u2019s left ear, he refused to let them speak to the boy to answer questions. This led the police to return with an arrest warrant. In a viral TikTok posted by Jeremy\u2019s son, four cops were seen inside the Sherland family\u2019s home, pinning the father against the wall and putting handcuffs on him. \u201cWhy are you doing this?\u201d the boy asked, while Jeremy\u2019s wife demanded police give an explanation for the sudden arrest. Dad arrested for piercing son\u2019s ear An officer explained that he\u2019s being arrested for performing \u201cbody art without a license,\u201d to which the baffled father let out an exaggerated laugh. Jeremy appeared to momentarily try to resist, before police managed to escort him out of the door, with his wife and son following. \u201cPiercing is done here without a license,\u201d the woman shouted. She continued: \u201cIt takes three cops, four cops, coming into my house with no permission. No permission and busted in my front door. This is the boy right here who got a pierced ear by his dad. These cops busted in my front door.\u201d \u201cI wanted my ears pierced,\u201d the boy is heard yelling at officers, as they placed his dad in the patrol car. Arkansas law states it is forbidden to \u201cperform body art on a person under 16 years of age, regardless of parental consent\u201d, while it is also illegal \u201cto perform body art in any unlicensed facility\u201d. Violation of that law is a Class D felony. Jeremy was also charged with endangering the welfare of a minor, refusing to submit to arrest, and obstructing governmental operations. According to online records, he was released on a $1,500 bond after spending two nights in the Washington County jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police arrest dad for piercing son\u2019s ear in viral TikTok video TIKTOK: iamnugget770A viral TikTok captured the moment an Arkansas father got arrested at his home for piercing his son\u2019s ear and violating \u2018body art law.\u2019 It all started when a Springdale High School resource officer reported a student telling classmates his drunk dad \u201cput […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}