JONESBORO, Ark. — A man faces two felony charges after Jonesboro police reported finding injuries on two children, including a 9-year-old who told officers the man hit him with an extension cord.
Teion Bartholomew Pruitt faces two counts of second-degree domestic battering, both Class B felonies. Police arrested Pruitt, 20, on Nov. 8, according to the Craighead County jail roster.
According to a Jonesboro Police Department probable cause affidavit, officers went to an apartment on Melrose Street on Nov. 8 after someone reported hearing loud crying and what sounded like a child being struck repeatedly for about 20 minutes.
Officers reported seeing injuries on the 9-year-old’s side and stomach and a loop-shaped welt on the 4-year-old. In a separate interview, the older child identified Pruitt as the person who struck him, the affidavit says.
Police said photographs taken at the apartment showed wounds that broke the 9-year-old’s skin and were consistent with being struck with a folded cord. The affidavit says Pruitt initially attributed the injuries to a dog.
District Judge Tommy Fowler set a secured bond at Pruitt’s first appearance Nov. 9 and required him to comply with a no-contact order as a condition of release. The judge appointed a public defender to represent Pruitt.
Pruitt is scheduled to appear in Craighead County Circuit Court at 8:30 a.m. Dec. 16.
All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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