The pills were for himself of course. His daughter suffered without them:

MEDFORD, Ore. — A 46-year-old Medford man is in jail, accused of striking his teenage daughter’s ankle with a hammer so he could use the pain pills she would receive.

Authorities say Robert Cisero drove his daughter to the Providence Hospital parking lot where he struck her in the ankle with a hammer.

He then told hospital doctors the bruises on his daughter’s ankle were from a skating accident. About a month later, the daughter told someone else what actually happened and that person contacted police.

Medford Police Detective Sergeant Mike Budreau says Cisero is addicted to pain medication — and has been for some time. Budreau says Cisero has a criminal history stretching back to the early 1990s.

But people taking drugs aren’t criminals right? They at best need help, but we should just legalize drugs and be done with it, right?

Bull. Drug addicts commit horrendous crimes when they run out of money, and they ALL run out of money. Drug education must teach kids that this is the real face of the drug culture.

The Mail Tribune has more details:

Cisero, who lives in the 500 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, was indicted Tuesday in Jackson County Circuit Court on charges of first-degree criminal mistreatment and fourth-degree assault. The mistreatment charge, a felony, stems from Cisero causing harm to someone in his care, Budreau said.

“Even if the girl originally agreed to go along with the plan, Cisero is still her father and is ultimately responsible for her well-being,” Budreau said.

Cisero has a criminal history stretching back to the early 1990s. He has had several restraining orders placed against him, as well as convictions on felony weapons, theft, forgery and drug charges, court records show.

On Tuesday, the court barred Cisero from contact with his daughter or any minor, records show.

“We are seeing an increasing problem with addiction to prescription pain medication,” Budreau said. “It’s much like any other drug when it comes to the damage it causes.”

Cisero hurt his daughter so he could get high. He belongs in jail, then Hell.

h/t Crime Scene KC