TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) - A south-central Idaho man police say tried to smother his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son has been charged with felony injury to a child.
The Times-News reports (https://bit.ly/1btdhKa) that 27-year-old James R. Bea III of Twin Falls was charged Tuesday in 5th District Court.
Police say they responded to an apartment at 2 a.m. Saturday and spoke to a woman who reported that Bea had both hands over the boy’s face and that she pushed Bea away.
Police say an examination by a doctor found bruising on the boy’s head, arms, rib cage and buttocks, and that bruising on the boy’s face is consistent with someone putting a hand over his mouth.
Police say Bea reported waking up to the boy having a nightmare and tried to comfort him.
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Information from: The Times-News, https://www.magicvalley.com
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