MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) - A 23-year-old McComb man is accused of beating his girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter and recording the acts on his cellphone.
The Enterprise-Journal (https://bit.ly/1RVqGzO ) reports that Alex Mead’s bond was set at $140,000 after Pike County sheriff’s investigators charged him with 27 counts of felony child abuse.
According to court documents used to get a search warrant, videos show Mead punching and slapping the girl, choking her, pulling her hair, and biting her ear.
The girl’s mother said she discovered the videos when she searched Mead’s phone. The newspaper withheld her name to protect the child’s identity.
The mother says her daughter must use a breathing tube and a wheelchair because of a rare brain disease.
It was not clear whether Mead has an attorney who could comment on the case.
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