
A St. Louis County man was charged with abuse after his girlfriend's young children arrived at their grandfather's house with welts, bruises and scars, authorities say.
The kids, ages three and four, looked like they had been whipped with a belt or cord across the front of their torsos, backs, legs and genital areas, according to St. Louis County police. The kids said "Mikey" had "whooped" them and made them bleed.
Police identified Mikey as 31-year-old Michael Green of Ruesta Drive in the Spanish Lake section of north county.…