ROSEVILLE (WWJ) — A 21-year-old Roseville woman has been charged with physically abusing a young boy she was babysitting after the child sustained severe head injuries, police announced on Tuesday.
As reported by WDIV, Kimora Launmei Hodges, 21, faces life in prison for first-degree child abuse in Macomb County after she admitted to authorities that she had abused the child over a week ago.
Roseville police said the 11-month-old boy was severely injured between the hours of 3:30 p.m. and midnight on June 13 at a residence in the 30000 block of Little Mack Avenue in Roseville.
A local hospital called authorities after they received the young boy with severe head trauma.
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According to police, the boy's mother said her neighbor, Hodges, had been babysitting her son several times in the past two months; she had just picked up her 11-month-old when Hodges told her that her son didn't look normal.
The boy's mother called 911 and an ambulance transported the boy to a local hospital where doctors had to preform emergency surgery — police said the boy is still in very serious condition due to severe head injuries.
Hodges was arrested by authorities and later admitted that she had abused the boy, police said.
A judge ordered Hodges be held on a $250,000 bond, no 10%. She is currently at the Macomb County Jail.
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