Kentucky
Kentucky man arrested after posting video of himself choking toddler: report
A Kentucky man was arrested for strangling and beating a toddler after he posted a video of the sickening abuse on Snapchat.
Benjamin Franklin, 23, of Carrollton, was arrested Thursday after the mom of the 2-year-old boy introduced him to a hospital to hunt remedy for accidents to his face and neck, in accordance with NBC’s Louisville affiliate WAVE.
The girl mentioned she was at work when folks known as to alert her that Franklin had shared footage of himself holding the kid by his neck and slamming him onto a mattress, the outlet reported.
Franklin was charged with legal abuse of a kid beneath 12 and strangulation, in accordance with the article.
He was reportedly being held on $5,000 bond forward of an Oct. 19 court docket date and was ordered to haven’t any contact with the kid or his mom.
Police didn’t specify what Franklin’s relationship was to the boy and his mother, in accordance with the outlet.