Authorities allege a Georgia mother subjected her 5-year-old son to unnecessary medical procedures and had him taking medications he didn’t need in order to collect benefits from the state. Records obtained by PEOPLE confirm Teresa Lynne Roth, 34, was arrested and charged with first-degree child cruelty Thursday following a months-long investigation that began last October. In October, the unnamed boy was removed from his parents’ care, according to local media reports. Hall County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Scott Ware alleged to WSB-TV that the mom fabricated the boy’s conditions in order to receive a monthly disability check from the state. “They were receiving disability, but now that the child’s not in their custody, they’re not,” Ware said. The boy was confined to a wheelchair unnecessarily and he had a feeding tube inserted into his stomach, Ware alleged to the station . Investigators further allege he was put on a number of different medications he didn’t re...