Man charged with DWI, child abuse in Wake Forest crash

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Town of Wake Forest announced the arrest of a man they said ran a car into a historic building.

Police learned a child was also in the car with Jerry Jerome Stallings, 31, at the time of the crash.

Stallings was charged with DWI, felony child abuse, and driving without a license after crashing his car into the building on the corner of Brewer and East Chestnut Avenue on Saturday.

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Stallings and the child were both taken to the hospital for treatment.

There is no word on the condition of Stallings or the toddler.

Stallings' photo is from a 2014 arrest for trespassing.