Florida man charged with child abuse after allegedly beating his 10-month-old daughter for crying
02/05/2019 12:44 pm PST
via WGHP:
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WGHP) -- Police have arrested a man accused of beating his 10-month-old daughter because he was angry about her crying.
WTSP reported an arrest affidavit said Joshua Smith, 29, hit the infant “very hard multiple times on the buttocks and thighs.”
The suspect, who is 6-feet-4 and weighs about 250 pounds, reportedly called his wife and told her that he beat the baby.
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