A Hopkinsville man and woman were arrested on a warrant for criminal abuse on North Iris Drive in Hopkinsville Thursday afternoon.
Hopkinsville Police say during July 13th and 14th 25-year-old Jessica Maddux hit a 6-year-old and a 5-year-old with a wooden spoon causing severe bruising to each child. Maddux’s boyfriend 26-year-old Donnie Freeman was also arrested after he reportedly hit the children with his hand causing serious physical injury.
Police say Maddux admitted she had spanked the children with a wooden spoon as a discipline.
They are both charged with first-degree criminal abuse.
