Dad Makes Son Drink Vomit

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. -- A 30-year-old man is under arrest, accused of making his 8-year-old son drink vomit.

Chad McCalop was arrested over the weekend. He punished his oldest son by forcing the boy to exercise for hours, rammed a sock into his mouth and forced the boy to drink his own vomit, police said.

McCalop was charged with third-degree assault and four counts of risking injury to a minor.

The boy told police he'd been made to do push-ups, squats and sit-ups for several hours. When he cried, he said his father put a sock in his mouth.

The sock eventually made him choke. When the boy threw up, his father made him drink the vomit, police said.

The state Department of Children and Families removed the boy and the man's three other children from the home.