Dad Arrested for Giving Son Gang Tatoo

It used to be that parents would have to warn their kids about going to school and becoming part of a gang. Now, it looks like the schools will have to warn their kids about their parents getting them into gangs.

A Califorina man was arrested on charges of suspicion of child abuse, mayhem, battery with gang enhancements, false imprisonment, participating in criminal street gang activity and committing a crime for the benefit of a gang, after the found him, his girlfriend and the man's 7-year-old son at a motel. The man, Enrique Gonzalez, 26, and a friend allegedly held the boy down and put a paw print (Awww!) tatoo on his right hip as part of some weird gang thing. The boy's mother (who Gonzalez is not currently married to) was not happy with that and called cops.

Investigators saw Ramirez leaving the room and asked her whether Gonzalez was inside. She confirmed he was there. Following a brief escape attempt through a rear window of the room, Gonzalez surrendered.

After his arrest, police discovered a photograph of Gonzalez, his son and a third child. The two children had gang graffiti on their bodies, police said.

Police first learned of the incident three weeks ago when, they said, Gonzalez held down his son while another gang member tattooed a gang insignia -- a dog paw -- on the boy's right hip.

The man alleged to have tattooed the boy, Travis Dewayne Gorman, 20, of Fresno, was arrested April 21. His bail is listed as $700,000, according to Fresno County Jail records. Gorman is not a licensed tattoo artist but does tattoos for Bulldog gang members. It is illegal in California for a child younger than 18 to get a tattoo, officials said.

Tattooed boy's father arrested [Fresno Bee]