CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police detectives have charged 28-year-old Ronika Bell and 33-year-old Deron Cuthbertson, Jr. with multiple counts of felony child abuse. Β In late September, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office in Florida contacted CMPD about four abused children that had been hospitalized. After investigating, the ECSO determined that the kids were abused in Charlotte and that the suspects were also living in Charlotte.Β
Detectives say the kids, a 10-year-old girl and boys aged 9,8 and 6, were living in a home with their mother, Bell, and a family member, Cuthbertson, during the time the abuse took place. Bell then left the children in Florida with a family member.Β
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Bell is charged with four counts of Felony Child Abuse for the “prolonged abuse and starvation of her four children.” Β Cuthbertson also faces four counts of Felony Child Abuse based on “prolonged abuse and starvation of the four children living in his home that were left in his care on several occasions.”
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Cuthbertson and Bell were arrested in the 6000 block of Craftsbury Drive on Friday, November 7th by North Tryon Division officers.Β They remain behind bars in the Mecklenburg County jail.
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Anyone with additional information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.Β
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