HAMLIN, W.Va. — A Lincoln County man is being charged with child abuse resulting in injury after he was accused of punching a child in the chest.
Joshua Adam Wilson (WCHS-TV)
According to a criminal complain from the Lincoln County Magistrate Court, Joshua Adam Wilson, 31, of Hamlin allegedly struck the child in the chest earlier this week with the back of his closed fist. A woman and her daughter say he did this right after they were trying to wake him up.
Photographs provided to police showed a large red mark on the child’s chest.
The woman told investigators that Wilson had been coming to her home to help take care of the child and help with household chores following a recent surgery.
Wilson’s bond is set for $10,000.