Deputy who shot students with Taser charged with child abuse

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9NEWS has learned that the Lake County District Attorney's office is charging former Deputy John Ortega with 11 counts of child abuse resulting in injury, one count of child abuse with no injury and nine counts of reckless endangerment.

If he is found guilty on all charges, he could be sentenced to more than 27 years in jail. All the time would be served in the county jail.

Students attending the career fair apparently asked Ortega to shock them so they knew what it felt like. He agreed and shocked 30 students. Two of them received minor burns and had to be treated at a nearby hospital.
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