Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Police: Child's Abuse Was 'Monstrous'

New Bedford 4-Year-Old Hospitalized

POSTED: 4:18 pm EST February 1, 2011
UPDATED: 4:40 pm EST February 1, 2011

A 4-year-old boy New Bedford boy who police say was tortured for days is being treated for injuries at a Boston hospital.

Elvis J. Garcia, 31, was arrested Monday night and accused of attacking the boy with a belt, according to the Boston Herald. State police spokesman David Propcpio said the abuse "committed on this child was monstrous."Officials said the injuries appeared to be inflicted on the child over the course of several days. It was not clear why the boy was in the custody of Garcia.  Garcia, a man known to the child's mother, was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon resulting in substantial bodily injury and reckless endangerment of a child. He was scheduled to face charges Tuesday in New Bedford District Court.The boy's mother was arraigned Monday on charges of reckless endangerment of a child and permitting substantial injury to a child, the Herald reported.

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