Post by Segaman on May 8, 2004 18:04:15 GMT -5
A Lake Worth man is charged with aggravated child abuse after he took his 21-month-old stepson to a local hospital limp and unconscious.
The boy also has a blood clot in his brain.
Cedrick Ferguson, 26, admitted to beating his stepson with a belt earlier this week. Police said Ferguson told them the boy broke his PlayStation 2 video game system, prompting the beating. Sgt. Dan Boland, of the Lake Worth Police Department, said the boy had bruises across his body. But Ferguson denied striking him in the head, Boland said.
Investigators suspect the blood clot in the boy's brain may have resulted from the alleged beating earlier this week.
The boy was originally taken by his mother and Ferguson to Bethesda Memorial Hospital. He was later transferred to Delray Medical Center. He is now in stable condition.
Police also found burn marks on the boy's wrists, which his mother said happened when he was scalded by hot water in the shower in a separate incident.
The mother has not been arrested or charged in connection with the alleged abuse.
Ferguson is being held at the Palm Beach County Jail, police said.
The boy also has a blood clot in his brain.
Cedrick Ferguson, 26, admitted to beating his stepson with a belt earlier this week. Police said Ferguson told them the boy broke his PlayStation 2 video game system, prompting the beating. Sgt. Dan Boland, of the Lake Worth Police Department, said the boy had bruises across his body. But Ferguson denied striking him in the head, Boland said.
Investigators suspect the blood clot in the boy's brain may have resulted from the alleged beating earlier this week.
The boy was originally taken by his mother and Ferguson to Bethesda Memorial Hospital. He was later transferred to Delray Medical Center. He is now in stable condition.
Police also found burn marks on the boy's wrists, which his mother said happened when he was scalded by hot water in the shower in a separate incident.
The mother has not been arrested or charged in connection with the alleged abuse.
Ferguson is being held at the Palm Beach County Jail, police said.
