Woman charged with assaulting child
Arriving on the scene of child-abuse case on March 9, city Patrolman Brandon Wheeler immediately saw the injuries on the little girl’s face.
“She had a bloody nose and there also was swollen spot on the right side of her head,” the officer said in an affidavit.
Katina Blackwell, 37, of 627 Fourth Ave., has been charged with numerous offenses for punching the girl multiple times in the face and hitting her with hairbrush, Blackwell alleged.
A county Children and Youth caseworker responded and also interviewed the victim, whose injuries were photographed. “Older bruises were discovered all the way up her arms,” the officer said.