Monday, August 13, 2012

Men Plead Guilty To Battery

{Charleston, West Virginia}...Twenty-six year old Andrew Young and 24 year old James Miller, both of Nitro, were set to go on trial Monday before Kanawha Circuit Judge Charles King, but instead, they pleaded guilty to two counts of battery. Two other charges, child abuse resulting in bodily injury and engaging in child abuse creating a risk of death or bodily injury, were dropped. South Charleston Police say, in June 2010, the men were practicing wrestling moves on a two year old girl. Laren Johnson took her daughter to Thomas Memorial Hospital, claiming she fell off her bed. Hospital staff notified police when they realized the girl's injuries, including a spiral fracture of the leg, weren't consistent with the story. Johnson later told police Miller and Young wrestled with the girl, including performing a "choke slam" on her. Young and  Miller each face up to two years in prison when sentenced October 3rd.