Foster mother and girlfriend face child abuse charges
Foster mother and girlfriend face child abuse charges
7:38 PM, Nov 25, 2012 | 2 comments
Sharanda Hammock and Cecily Sharp
Written by
Courtney Howard
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Fayetteville police arrested Sharanda Hammock and Cecily Sharp Saturday, November 24th, on charges of second-degree battery and child abuse.
An Occupational Therapist noticed third-degree burns on an 11-year-olds' legs and called Hammock, the boys foster mother. Hammock told the therapist that the boy received the injuries during a bath on November 4th. Hammocks' girlfriend Sharp heated the water on the stove for the bath due to lack of hot water.
Hammock told police she tried to treat the injuries with a cool compress but the wounds blistered the next day. Sharp told Hammockd that the boy rubbed the burns with a wash cloth, causing them to bleed.
Both women admitted that they should have taken the boy to get medical attention.