A Gwinnett man is feeling the wrath of a mother after he allegedly tattooed her daughter at his home in Lawrenceville.
Aaron Joshua Woody, 23, was arrested and charged with four counts of tattooing an underage person.
Lawrenceville police said a Buford woman came to them May 5 with her 15-year-old daughter, who had the word "Faith" tattooed on her right shoulder blade.
The girl told police she heard of Woody through a friend at school and sought him out to get the tattoo, according to the police incident report. She and her mother then led police to Woody's home on St. Charles Court, police said.
Woody was booked into the Gwinnett County jail Tuesday and released later the same day, jail records show. He was also charged with tattooing another underage girl. Woody did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
Under Georgia law, it's a misdemeanor to give a tattoo to anyone under the age of 18 -- even when a parent gives permission.
In January, a Cobb County mother was charged with misdemeanor child cruelty after she let her 10-year-old son get a tattoo in memory of his deceased brother.
Chuntera Napier, of Acworth, said her 12-year-old son, Malik, was struck and killed by a motorist in Macon about two years ago, and her other son, Gaquan, wanted a tattoo like hers to remember his older brother by. She said she was unaware that letting her son get a tattoo was illegal.
Other parents have been arrested in Georgia for allegedly giving their children tattoos.
In April 2011, a man in Floyd County, in northwest Georgia, was found guilty of giving a tattoo to a person under 18 after he tattooed “DB,” for “Daddy’s Boy,” on the shoulder of his 3-year-old son. He was sentenced to 12 months’ probation and fined $300.
About two years ago, a couple in Summerville, also in northwest Georgia, were arrested and charged with cruelty to children, reckless conduct and illegal tattooing after they allegedly gave all six of their youngsters, ages 10 to 17, small cross tattoos.
-- Staff writer Alexis Stevens and the Associated Press contributed to this article.
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