Franklin Park Couple to Stand Trial in Abuse Case Involving Adopted Children
Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General Douglas Barbour, 33, and his wife, Kristen Barbour, 30, appear at a preliminary hearing.
A Franklin Park couple has been ordered to stand trial after waiving a preliminary hearing today (Thursday) on charges of abusing and starving two children they adopted from Ethiopia nearly a year ago. Prosecutors dropped two aggravated assault charges against Douglas Barbour, 33, who appeared in Leetsdale District Court alongside his wife, Kristen Barbour, 30, of Cole Road for a preliminary hearing. Douglas Barbour, a Pennsylvania deputy attorney general, has been suspended from his state job without pay since he and his wife were arrested Oct. 4. He'll stand trial on two counts each of simple assault, endangering the welfare of children and reckless endangerment. Kristen Barbour will stand trial on one count of simple assault and two …
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