Crime & Safety
2-Year-Old Brain Damaged, After Thrown Against Wall, Police Say
A Largo man is charged with aggravated child abuse, after police say he admitted to throwing his girlfriend's son against a chair and wall.
A Largo man was arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse Sunday, after Largo Police say he threw a two-year old child against a chair and wall, according to Largo Police.
Police were called to All Children's Hospital at 3 a.m. Sunday, May 5, in reference to a child in critical condition. The child suffered severe chest cavity injuries and no independent brain function, according to investigators.
Police talked with the mother and her live-in boyfriend, Joel Adrian Cruz. Cruz, 27, admitted to throwing the child, according to authorities.
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Cruz was arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse. He was booked into the Pinellas County Jail.
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