Infant's Broken Rib and Contusions Result in Felony Child Abuse for Hope Mills Father

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Father Faces Abuse Charges

Cumberland County Sheriff’s Detectives have charged a Hope Mills man with physically abusing his one and a half year old child.

Nathaniel Pascarella, 26, of 333 Masters Drive is charged with causing serious trauma to the boy.

Medical testing at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center revealed the victim suffered from a left side rib fracture and acute subdural hematoma.  He was later transferred to Duke University Hospital.  Doctors there discovered multiple subdural hematomas of different ages, contusions to the head, a healing rib fracture, bruises on his left eyelid and under his right eye and extensive retinal hemorrhages.  Doctors have determined these injuries were caused by non-accidental trauma.

Pascarella is being held on a $150,000 bond in the Cumberland County Detention Center, on charges of felony child abuse and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.

He is scheduled to make a first court appearance this afternoon in the Detention Center courtroom.