WINONA, Minn. — A Winona father was charged with excessive discipline of his 8-year-old and 6-year-old children. The excesses included choking the children for being too loud and playing with each other’s toys, police said. Seppe Steyvers, age 27, was arrested about 8:15 a.m. at an apartment at 602 Mankato Avenue. The charge: Felony abuse. The arrest followed an investigation in which the children said they were pressed up against a wall nd strangledand couldn’t breathe and were scared. Both children said they also were hit and spanked.
Steyvers. Faces six years in prison if convicted and $10,000 in fines.