Brittany Hardin, 22, is charged with two counts of felony child abuse after she admitted to deputies that she abused her 1-month-old because the infant was crying,.
The investigation began when the sheriff’s office was called to assist DSS after the infant was brought to Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte. Officials say the baby had a fractured arm and two fractured ribs.
Detectives said the story Hardin told hospital staff - that she had rolled on top of the child while sleeping - did not match up with the injuries. After further questioning, the report states, Harding admitted to squeezing the child on one instance and then jerking the infant by the arm out of a crib on another, “all because the infant was crying.”
The sheriff’s office says detectives are continuing to work closely with DSS and physicians to make sure the child remains safe, and to determine whether more charges need to be filed.
Sheriff: Mom confesses to causing fractures to 1-month-old’s ribs, arm because of crying
Brittany Hardin, 22, is charged with two counts of felony child abuse.
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