A Georgia man was sentenced to three decades in prison for brutally beating his two children — a two-year-old son and three-year-old daughter — for making a mess in their bedroom.
Dillan Michael Tennant, 24, was sentenced to 30 years in prison, with the first half without the possibility of parole, by Catoosa County Superior Court Judge Chris Arnt. This comes after Tennant was convicted last month on two counts of cruelty to children in the first degree.
During the trial, prosecutors showed evidence that Tennant “physically abused his two-year-old son and three-year-old daughter by beating them repeatedly, leaving horrific bruising on the toddlers,” the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office said in a press release.
In March 2023, Tennant was with the two children at a home in Rossville, Georgia, he shared with his parents and brother.
Tennant became enraged because, while he failed to properly supervise the children, they made a mess in their bedroom, according to the release. Tennant hit the children repeatedly over two days, including using a board to strike his two-year-old son.
He then left the home with his children and took them to a male friend’s home in an effort to hide the injuries he had inflicted on the children, according to the release.
After Tennant and his children returned home days later, the children’s grandparents and uncle quickly noticed the bruising and injuries and called law enforcement to report that Tennant had abused his children.
Tennant initially denied he hurt the children when questioned by law enforcement and claimed another family member must have injured them. But despite admitting to noticing the severity of the children’s injuries, Tennant never sought medical attention for them.
