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Couple arrested on child abuse, neglect charges
BARBOURSVILLE — An East Pea Ridge couple was arrested Saturday morning on felony child abuse and neglect charges following a two-week investigation by the West Virginia State Police.
Trooper J.C. Kirk said Vanessa Ann Stanley, 26, and Joey Allen Watts, 25, hurt Stanley’s 15-month-old baby boy between Christmas and New Year’s. The boy’s biological father filed a complaint after finding out his son was in the hospital.
Kirk said Stanley squeezed the baby’s cheeks, and Watts bit the baby’s face. He said it caused bruising, and another family member had to coax Stanley to take him to the hospital.
The boy has been in his father’s custody since he left the hospital.
They are each being held in the Western Regional Jail on $75,000 bond.
