{"id":2197,"date":"2026-06-11T16:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2197"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:05:23","slug":"florida-city-woman-forced-younger-brother-to-kneel-on-rice-for-hours-cops-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2197","title":{"rendered":"Florida City woman forced younger brother to kneel on rice for hours, cops say"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>FLORIDA CITY, Fla. \u2014 Florida City police say a child went to his neighbor\u2019s house on Wednesday for help, saying \u201che couldn\u2019t take it anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2195\">Thai court sentences 2 Uyghur men to death over 2015 Bangkok bombing that killed 20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because they say his older sister \u2015 his guardian \u2015 was forcing him to kneel on rice inside of a shed for hours.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Florida City Police Department, the brother of Nataly Francelia Cruz, 26, went to the neighbor just before 4:45 p.m. and said he had been kneeling on the rice since around 11 a.m., saying \u201cthis is not the first time he has been punished this way when he misbehaves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI observed minor injuries on his knees consistent with kneeling for a long time on a surface with rice,\u201d an FCPD officer wrote in the report. \u201cHe also reported that while kneeling, he attempted to use the restroom inside the house but his sister refused to let him inside the house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2193\">Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton will face off in California governor\u2019s race<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cruz, police said, has been taking care of the boy since their mother was deported.<\/p>\n<p>A statement she made to authorities was redacted from the publicly-released report.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested Cruz on a child abuse charge and took her to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where she was being held on a $2,500 bond as of Thursday morning. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2191\">Key West dispensary burglar took $420 in items, cops say; they want to find him<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Honduran national also faces an immigration hold.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Latest headlines from:<\/div>\n<div>\nMiami-Dade<br \/>\nBroward<br \/>\nFlorida Keys<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary><span>Cities<\/span><span>\u25be<\/span><\/summary>\n<div>\n<div>\nMiami<br \/>\nFort Lauderdale<br \/>\nCoral Springs<br \/>\nDavie<br \/>\nDeerfield Beach<br \/>\nDoral<br \/>\nHialeah<br \/>\nHollywood<br \/>\nHomestead<br \/>\nLauderhill<br \/>\nMiami Beach<br \/>\nMiami Gardens<br \/>\nMiramar<br \/>\nPembroke Pines<br \/>\nPlantation<br \/>\nPompano Beach<br \/>\nSunrise<br \/>\nTamarac\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida City police say a child went to his neighbor\u2019s house on Wednesday for help, saying \u201che couldn\u2019t take it anymore.\u201d That\u2019s because they say his older sister \u2015 his guardian \u2015 was forcing him to kneel on rice inside of a shed for hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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