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Β DENVER, NC – A young father is out of jail on bond accused of abusing his three-month old baby.
“I’ve never seen him abuse the baby, he loves that baby.” said a next door neighbor in Denver, N.C.
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24-year-old David Simmons Junior is charged with one county of felony child abuse with physical injury.
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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is not releasing many details about what happened behind the doors of Simmon’s home off Unity Church Road in Denver.
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According to police, Simmons and the baby’s mother brought the baby to Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center last Wednesday.Β
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Hospital staff says when the baby arrived, it had a broken femur bone. That’s when hospital staff contacted police.
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Deputies arrested Simmons after they looked into the report from the hospital.
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Simmons was booked at the Lincoln County Sheriffβs Office Detention Center. He was released on a five thousand dollar secured bond.Β
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