An Ardmore man was charged with aggravated child abuse on Tuesday after deputies responded to a residence and found a toddler with severe bruising on his back, buttocks and hand.
Chad Lynn Powers, 32, is in the Limestone County Jail on $500,000 bond, said Stephen Young, Limestone County Sheriff’s Office spokesman.
Young said deputies received a child abuse complaint Monday and responded to a residence on Beech Fork Lane, where they found a woman and her 2-year-old son.
The toddler was suffering injuries to his back, buttocks, and hand and was taken to Athens-Limestone Hospital for examination and treatment. He has since been released.
Young said investigators determined the injuries were inflicted by Powers, the woman’s boyfriend. They arrested Powers Tuesday.
Investigators with the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office say they found severe bruising on the little boy’s back, buttocks and hand.
They say Chad Powers, the live-in boyfriend of the toddler’s mother, is accused of using a board to beat the child.
Toddler’s ‘severe’ abuse leads Limestone County Sheriff’s Office to arrest mother’s boyfriend
Deputies received a child abuse complaint Monday.
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