PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A couple has been arrested after their infant was found critically injured at home.
The 3-month old boy’s mother, Arinola Olawusi, pleaded not guilty to felony child neglect Tuesday. The boy’s father, Olalekan Olawusi, didn’t enter a plea. He faces first and second-degree child abuse charges.
The judge ordered both not to contact their child and also ordered Olalekan Olawusi to surrender his Nigerian passport.
Arinola Olawusi told policed her husband bit the baby and pulled his legs to “make him grow and strong,” the Providence Journal reports. The couple’s lawyer didn’t immediately comment.
The boy was rushed to the hospital Monday with a range of injuries, including broken bones. He remains in critical condition.
The state Department of Children, Youth and Families says it placed an older sibling in foster care previously.
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