CHILD ABUSE INVESTIGATION Police Charge Father of Baby With Abuse
Reported by: Atish Baidya
Videographer: Tim Rock
Web Producer: Atish Baidya Updated: December 2, 2008 2:22pm
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The father of a seven-month old baby hospitalized with a fractured skull, ribs and pelvis is behind bars.
Kanawha County Sheriff detectives took 20-year old Joseph Cobb into custody Monday afternoon. Detectives say Cobb was the only person with the seven-month old, also named Joseph, on the day the baby was injured. Police said his mother April Wiley was at work. Wiley said when she returned home from work her son was groggy and bruised.
Cobb is in the South Central Regional Jail on a $100,000 bond.
Millions in stolen heavy equipment found March 18, 2010 9:35 PM Kentucky State Police say one man has been charged and more arrests are expected after investigators tracked down 43 pieces of heavy equipment stolen from Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio worth $1.3 million.