SC deputies: Parents punish teen for eating Pop-Tart, forced her to live in woods

Deputies say a Sumter County couple has been arrested after they forced their 14-year-old daughter to live in a tent in the woods because she ate a Pop-Tart without permission.

Investigators said James Driggers, 33, and his wife, Crystal, 36,gave their daughter a flashlight, a roll of toilet paper, a whistle and a watch and told her she had to stay out in the woods for a week.

Deputies say the parents told the girl she had to meet someone at a fence at specific times to get food.

Authorities found the girl Friday night, two days into her punishment. She was outside during Thursday night’s storms.

The parents are charged with child neglect.

This story was originally published July 4, 2015 at 1:55 PM with the headline "SC deputies: Parents punish teen for eating Pop-Tart, forced her to live in woods."