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A Georgia elementary school teacher noticed a bluish-green marking on a fifth-grade student, sticking out above her strapless dress during a dance, it turns out it wasn't just a party decoration.

The 12-year-old student at Arnco-Sargent Elementary had a cross with the words “Jesus Loves” permanently tattooed on her shoulder, shocking the teacher who reported it to police, according to WFMY.

The child told police her father forced the tattoo on her, claiming her mom, Emmie Nolan, even got into a fight with him when he made her get the cross inked on her.

The father denied making his daughter get the tattoo, telling officers the 12-year-old got it done while she was at a Super Bowl party.

Then the girl flipped her story around, saying her …show more content…

Gaddy spilled the beans on the 35-year-old mother, admitting she put the ink on the girl with Nolan's permission.

Lt. Fetner told WFMY:

"It's difficult to imagine how as a parent you think it's appropriate to supervise or allow someone to give your child a tattoo at that age."
The tattoo artist originally denied taking part, but eventually confessed to putting tattoos on multiple people, including both adults and "a number of minors," with one minor being recorded while she put the tattoo on while people looked on.

Nolan denied being involved with her daughter's tattoo, while police believe she instructed her child to lie to them about how the tattoo got on her shoulder.

Lt. Fetner added

"I think it's unfortunate in that the child actually wanted to get the tattoo. It's not like the child was forced to get the tattoo, I think it just comes down to bad parenting."
Nolan and Gaddy were both arrested.

The mother faces a misdemeanor charge for being a party to a crime, while Gaddy received a charge of tattooing the body of a person under the age of

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