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Joshua Ryan Starner, 20,
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20090208/NEWS01/90208003&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL
Soldier charged with aggravated child abuse
A Fort Campbell soldier has been charged with physically abusing a 23-month-old boy.
Joshua Ryan Starner, 20, who gave a 100D Ballygar St. address, was charged with aggravated child abuse. His bond was set at $1 million.
Starner is listed as an E-4 in the Army.
According to Starner's arrest warrant, on Saturday, the child's mother left the boy at home for two hours while going to the store. The boy, whose name has not been released, was in good health and doing well when the mother left.
When the mother returned from the store, the little boy was found unresponsive. The mother called 911 and the boy was taken to Vanderbilt University Children's Hospital.
Medical personnel at Vanderbilt advised that the child has severe trauma to the forehead, bad tearing of the anus, and bruises in various locations on the body, according to a news release from Clarksville Police Department. The child’s brain is swelling and his prognosis is not good. The child is in critical condition.
Knoll said the case is still being investigated and it is not known what kind of abuse the child sustained.
The lead investigator is Detective Alan Charvis, 931-648-0656, ext. 4013.
For more on this story read Monday's edition of The Leaf-Chronicle.
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