MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A father is charged with aggravated child abuse after his 2-year-old ended up at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital with severe injuries.
A social worker and attending physician alerted police that the child was at the hospital Monday with injuries caused by blunt-force trauma to the stomach.
The child’s father, Jarrod Wright, 19, admitted he was responsible, police said.
Wright has a court date set for Thursday.