TWO FROM PUTNAM COUNTY ARRESTED FOR CHILD AB– USE AFTER LEAVING KIDS IN VEHICLE WHILE THEY APPEAR IN COURT
Two from Putnam County were charged with child abuse and neglect yesterday (Wednesday, May 31, 2017) after leaving three children in a unattended vehicle. Officers say 37-year-old Nicholas Arnold Hatcher and 23-year-old Keisha Mayberry were both arrested on three counts of child abuse and neglect. According to the arrest report, Hatcher and Mayberry left the children in a hot vehicle while they were in court. Court officials say Mayberry was there to answer a charge of aggravated assault against Hatcher. Mayberry and Hatcher will appear in Putnam County General Sessions Court on the child abuse charges June 19.