SAN ANTONIO — A father and stepmother are facing charges for using a switch and a shock collar to punish their children.

The arrest warrant also accuses them of forcing one of the children to brush their teeth with “poop.”

Bexar County deputies arrested Cheyanne and James Chalkley. An investigator with the sheriff's office says someone at school noticed injuries on the 5-year-old girl.

When police arrived at the school's office, her 10-year-old sibling told police they are spanked by their father when they misbehave but because they bruise easily, Child Protective Services wants to "break up their family."

Both girls and their 3-year-old brother were taken into CPS custody.