Child cruelty case started with unusual report of possible drowning
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - After a mysterious report of a possible drowning and a 2-year-old’s visit to a hospital, authorities have arrested a woman on a charge of child cruelty.
Danashia McClennon, 20, was arrested Thursday and charged with cruelty to children in the first degree, according to jail records.
On Wednesday at 8:55 p.m., deputies were dispatched to the 700 block of Cross Tree Court near Cedar Ridge Apartments after a juvenile had been taken to a hospital by rescue crews, according to authorities.
A firefighter told authorities that when he arrived at the apartment, a woman was trying to give R to the child. The firefighter said the woman said she’d left the child unattended in a bathtub for about 10 minutes and when she returned to check on him, he was face down in the water.
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However, the firefighter said the child and his diaper were dry and that the woman also said she and the child were on a couch while she was playing games and she noticed the child to be unresponsive
An ambulance crew member also found the child dry and said the woman was unable to provide any information on him.
The child’s mother, who authorities found in the pediatric intensive-care unit, said she’d allowed a female to take care of the child and had received a call from the woman that the child had been taken to a hospital.
It’s unclear whether the woman at the apartment, the caregiver and McClennon are all the same person.
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