CUMBERLAND COUNTY (WTVD) -- A daycare worker in Cumberland County is facing child abuse charges after authorities say she dislocated a 22-month-old's elbow when trying to make the child pick up toys.
Sheriff's deputies arrested 32-year-old Chastity Patterson of Fayetteville Tuesday after the child's parents reported the injury happening on Nov. 20 at the Pampers, Hugs and Luv's Daycare on Sandhills Road in Hope Mills.
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The toddler was treated at Cape Fear Valley Health System for a dislocated elbow after detectives said an investigation revealed Patterson pulled the child's arm in such a way to separate the elbow joint.
Patterson is charged with felony child abuse inflicting serious injury. She is currently being held in the Cumberland County Jail under a $10,000 bond.
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Chastity Patterson (Cumberland County Sheriff's Office)