Cobb Mother Charged With Cruelty In Severe Beating Of Child: ICYMI

ACWORTH, GA -- A Cobb County mother is facing child cruelty charges after allegedly beating her 5-year-old son so bad that he bled from his face, according to news reports. Nakeisha Logan's son was so afraid of what his mother would do to him he reportedly told investigators that he tried to hide under a bed.

That's when Logan grabbed a belt and hit him with it, the boy told Cobb police. After that, she grabbed a broom and struck him with that, according to WAGA-TV. A police report cited by the TV station says that Logan then began to stomp on the boy's stomach until “he felt like he was going to throw up.”

The boy, whose name was not released because he is a juvenile, told police that his mother also threw a box of toys at him inside their Mableton home.

The boy's face was bleeding, red and swollen from the alleged attack, the TV station reports. SIGN UP: To get notified of more local news like this, click here to sign up for the Acworth Patch. Or find your Atlanta-area town here. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.

For more on this story, see WAGA.

Image courtesy of Cobb Sheriff's Office