Parents arrested after infant injured
By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
Christopher Lee Daniels and Christina Elaine Courtner
WINSTON SALEM -- Forsyth County Sheriff’s deputies say they have arrested the mother and father of the infant taken to a Winston-Salem emergency room for severe injuries.
The child, who is less than a month old, was rushed to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center on Monday to be treated for broken bones and bruises.
The child’s parents, 20-year-old Christopher Lee Daniels and 20-year-old Christina Elaine Courtner of Walkertown were arrested Thursday and charged with felony child abuse. They are both being held at the Forsyth County detention center on $500,000 bonds.
They are scheduled to appear in court on August 29.