Man Pepper Sprays Infant Son In Face
Police: Never Seen Anything Like It
POSTED: Friday, May 2, 2008
UPDATED: 9:46 am EDT May 2,
2008
DELAND, Fla. -- A Central Florida man was charged with abuse after he blasted pepper spray into the face of his infant son during an argument over parenting issues.
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Police In DeLand said they have never seen anything like it, Local 6's Erik Webber reported.Officers said Kenneth Smith, 25, got into a fight with his girlfriend Thursday and it then escalated into violence.Smith's girlfriend was in a bedroom holding her infant son when police said he pepper sprayed the woman and his own son in the face."We have had cases where children get injured during an argument, but it is the first time we have heard pepper spray or Mace has ever been used," DeLand Police Sgt. John Anderson told the Daytona Beach News Journal. "It is unusual."Paramedics treated the child and woman at the home.Smith was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and child abuse, police said.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
IMAGES: Larger Smith Image, More Strange Stories Police In DeLand said they have never seen anything like it, Local 6's Erik Webber reported.Officers said Kenneth Smith, 25, got into a fight with his girlfriend Thursday and it then escalated into violence.Smith's girlfriend was in a bedroom holding her infant son when police said he pepper sprayed the woman and his own son in the face."We have had cases where children get injured during an argument, but it is the first time we have heard pepper spray or Mace has ever been used," DeLand Police Sgt. John Anderson told the Daytona Beach News Journal. "It is unusual."Paramedics treated the child and woman at the home.Smith was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and child abuse, police said.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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