Couple Charged With Criminal Abuse Of Child

A Hopkinsville couple was arrested after a five-year old child was allegedly left alone and found in the street waving at motorists Thursday night.

Hopkinsville Police report 27-year old Victoria Smith’s son was found crying, barefoot, and wearing shorts and a t-shirt waving at motorists on South Jessup Street around 7:15 p.m. At the time, police indicated it was 38 degrees and misting rain. A concerned citizen found the child shivering and crying and called 911. When officers arrived the child stated that his mother and his “step-father” had gone to the store a “while ago”. Police say when Smith and her fiancee’, 26-year old David Ewing returned home she stated they had been gone for about 15 minutes; however, the boy told Child Services he had been home alone since he returned from school.

Smith and Ewing were taken into custody and booked into the Christian County Jail charged with second-degree criminal abuse.