A Lancaster County man and woman were collectively charged with 40 offenses this week after police said they physically abused their six children with baseball bats, neglected several animals and kept their home in deplorable condition.

On Aug. 6, Elizabethtown Police were dispatched to a NAPA Auto Parts on 200 block of West High Street for an incident involving child abuse.

Police spoke with the first victim, an 11-year-old girl, who said 35-year-old Ashley Dishart-Christensen chased her with a wooden baseball bat before striking her in the buttocks. The girl ran to NAPA Auto Parts from her home on the 300 block of West High Street.

An affidavit of probable cause gave the following details:

The 11-year-old girl told investigators Dishart-Christensen regularly disciplined her with a wo

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