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Man Charged With Child Abuse After Child Suffers Facial Injuries
May 27, 2022
An Atmore man is facing charges for allegedly causing facial injuries to a child.
Desmond DeQuan Knight, 26, was charged with felony child abuse without great bodily harm.
An investigation was opened after the child was seen at the Perdido Bay Emergency Room on May 22, 2021.
According to an arrest report, the child had significant bruising from near the jaw bone, to his left eye and eyelid and over to his left ear, along with blood in the corner of his left eye. The age of the child and any relationship to Knight was redacted.
The highly redacted 18-page arrest report states that the injuries were inconsistent with Knight’s claims that the bruising was caused when the child fell into a bed rail in May 2021.
During a dependency hearing, Jennifer Frydrychowicz ruled that the photographic evidence of the injuries clearly depicted a handprint from a slap, the report states.
Many of Knight’s statements and testimony were redacted from the report.
According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, Knight could not provide a detailed and consistent account of the incident that occurred while was alone with the child, and it was not possible for the child to leap from a bed while sitting on the edge of a mattress and make contact with the railing below.
Knight was arrested this week for the incident. He was released from the Escambia County Jail at 10:35 Thursday night on a $5,000 bond
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5 Responses to “Man Charged With Child Abuse After Child Suffers Facial Injuries”
@ …Bewildered
Please dont try and say what she thought.
Nor him.
“but she herself did not believe that her ex-boyfriend was a SERIOUS. threat, or she would not have invited him back for dinne”
We cant read peoples minds and state what they were thinking.
Speculation kills .
You think in todays society people are sane?
Sorry friend, look at all the shootings nation wide.
Tell us what the 18 year old shooter in Texas was thinking?
Nope!
Restraining orders work on normal people.
We are short on those type people in todays world.
The world has lost its mind friend.
Re: restraining orders don’t work. They work in the majority of cases because Most sane people don’t want to get arrested and jailed for violating the order. Now if someone is determined to harm or kill you and don’t care about Personal consequences he will find a way to do it.
I don’t know what Legal preventative measures law enforcement could have taken and saved Ms. Williams‘ life. It’s very tragic , but she herself did not believe that her ex-boyfriend was a SERIOUS. threat, or she would not have invited him back for dinner and a movie at her house after the first incidence in December. NEVER go back or send signals to the offender that there is hope for a reconciliation
Another Judge offering bond which is only 10% of $5000.00. Anger Management should have been part of the bond. If he beats a kid, he has surley beat or killed animals.
Our legislature seriously needs to revisit the bond issue
I pray for the child.
I hope the court puts a restraining order on this thug to protect the child, like the one they. Placed on Farrow, whom killed Carla Williams.
We all know those restraining orders work dont they.
Still, praying for this childs life and future.