Baby hit with electrical cord; Vinton man arrested
EL PASO, Texas - Arturo Hernandez of Vinton was arrested and charged with injury to a child by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called out to the 200 block of Holguin on a family violence call on Saturday, Feb. 5.
Deputies say a preliminary investigation revealed Hernandez had intentionally struck a one-year-old baby in the face with an electrical cord. It left a large welt under the baby's eye. Deputies took Hernandez into custody and charged him with one count of injury to a child.
He was booked into the El Paso County Jail on a $10,000 split bond and remains behind bars.
