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Mom to take parenting classes

Mom to take parenting classes

A Western Pennsylvania mother accused of threatening her daughters with a stun gun will take parenting classes in exchange for charges being dropped.

Thirty-four-year-old Michele Hopkins, of Bridgewater, was charged with child endangerment and related offenses. Under Friday's agreement in Beaver County Court, she'll take classes for 12 weeks.

Authorities say Hopkins' 11-year-old daughter said her mother regularly threatened her and her 9-year-old sister with the gun so they'd do chores.

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Ms. Hopkins says they made up the accusations under pressure from their father. The couple is divorcing.

Jeffrey Young, of Brighton Township, has pleaded guilty to child endangerment.

First Published: September 13, 2008, 6:30 p.m.

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