Arizona mother who runs the hugely popular YouTube channel "Fantastic Adventures" has been arrested and charged with abusing her seven adopted children by beating them, molesting them, locking them in a closet, and even refusing them food and water.Machelle Hackney, 48, was charged with two counts of child molestation, seven counts of abuse, five counts of unlawful imprisonment and five counts of neglect, authorities said.
Maricopa authorities said they acted on a tip from Hackney's grown daughter, who told investigators her mother had been abusing her adopted siblings. The children were allegedly locked for days inside closets, pepper-sprayed, and denied food and water for days, the woman reported, according to police.