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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

And today is Friday, August 11th.

We'll begin with this story.

Delaware County couple stands accused of verbal and physical abuse against their minor

grandchildren. Raya Kelsal, who was charged with felony endangering the welfare of a child, felony

intimidation of a victim, simple assault and related crimes. Her fiance, Carl Hainer V,

faces charges including aggravated assault and strangulation.

Now, the reason this is a more interesting story is that Kelsal is the founder of what is known as gratitude for grandparents, a registered nonprofit created to help grand families financially through charitable contributions.

Her organization has been featured in the New York Times and on PBS News Hour.

In a 2021 interview with PBS, Kelsall talked about her grandchild and her fiance's

grandchild saying that they're your blood.

You want to take them home, take care of them, and love them, and everything else.

It's not even a consideration.

But an affidavit, a probable cause, paints a different picture, alleging Hainer, threw one of the

children into the wall and grabbed him by the neck. It states the child victim one stated that it was

so tight, he felt like he was getting choked out and couldn't breathe, according to the affidavit.

It goes on to say Kelsoll tripped him on the grass at Springton Lake Middle School, giving him a bloody nose, then yanked him back up and yelled in his face before pushing him again.

It's horrible.

The children told investigators the abuse even occurred while on vacation at Disney World, where allegedly

Kelsaw got mad because the victim did not want to go on a water slide.

One victim told authorities that Kelsal threw him into a trash can, which fell over.

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