Christopher Hollandsworth, 24, of Cliffside Avenue, Shelbyville was charged with child abuse on Thursday. A 5-year-old child was taken to Tennova Healthcare-Shelbyville with serious injuries.
According the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, the mother of the child is the girlfriend of Hollandsworth.
A Shelbyville Police report says that the child was covered with bruises from his back to his buttocks and suffered cuts to his neck and head, a bloody and swollen lip, swollen jaw and had handprints and scratches to his back and buttocks. The child was transferred to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital after initial treatment locally.
Hollandsworth was booked in at the Bedford County Jail on $10,000 bond Friday.
A Vanderbilt representative told police the girlfriend claimed she and the child had been abused and held hostage.
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Injured Child Sends Shelbyville Man to Jail
Lucky Knott
One of Southern Tennessee's most experienced and recognized news broadcasters and play-by-play sportscasters. News and Sports Director for Rooster 101.5 FM, 93.9 The Duck and Whiskey Country 105.1, and 95.9.
He is currently the play-by-play voice of the Coffee County Red Raiders (31 years) on The Rooster 101.5 and can be heard M-F broadcasting our local news.
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