article_snippet.sent: John and Carolyn Jackson also forced some of the children to drink hot sauce or eat hot pepper flakes and weren't exposed until one of the children reported the abuse to someone outside the family, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Shumofsky said in Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Shumofsky opening statement.
article_snippet.sent: Army Major John Jackson (left) and
article_snippet.sent: John Jackson wife Carolyn (right) are currently on trial for abusing Army Major John Jackson (left) and his wife Carolyn (right) three foster children.
article_snippet.sent: The Jacksons had three biological children and three adopted children.
article_snippet.sent: The Jacksons have only been charged for abusing the foster children .
article_snippet.sent: The Jacksons, who live in Mount Holly, were stationed at Picatinny Arsenal, a military installation about 40 miles west of New York City, when the abuse occurred between 2005 and 2010, according to a 15-count superseding indictment.
article_snippet.sent: The Jacksons, who live in Mount Holly had three biological children who showed no signs of abuse, Shumofsky said.
article_snippet.sent: But The Jacksons, who live in Mount Holly disciplined The Jacksons, who live in Mount Holly three foster children by withholding food and water as punishment and by hitting The Jacksons, who live in Mount Holly with different objects, Shumofsky added.
article_snippet.sent: The treatment left The Jacksons, who live in Mount Holly with bruises and injuries including, for one child, a skull fracture and spinal fracture, and for another, a broken arm.
article_snippet.sent: three biological children and three adopted children were well under normal weight when three biological children and three adopted children were removed from the Jackson home, Shumofsky said, including one who weighed less at nearly three years old than Shumofsky did when Shumofsky joined the family at 11 months old.
highlights_snippet.sent: Army Major John Jackson and John Jackson wife Carolyn are facing 15 counts of child abuse .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: On Monday, the Jacksons appeared in New Jersey federal court for The couple's first trial .
  