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Sarasota News Leader November 1, 2013 Page 78 MAN ARRESTED BY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested a 25-year-old Cape Coral man for child abuse and other charges after a six-monthold girl was found battered and covered in Windex, the office has reported. Deputies were called to Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sunday morning, Oct. 27, after the infant was brought in with facial and head trauma, a news release says. "The baby's mother and a witness explained that the little girl was sleeping in her crib when they went to bed Saturday night, but they woke up Sunday morning to the sound of her crying harder than normal," the release notes. Christopher Rounds/Contributed photo When the mother turned on the light, the report says, "she saw cuts to the baby's face The witness also told deputies he heard and near one of her eyes and that the crib had Rounds and the mother arguing, the report been moved into the living room." says, including Rounds yelling, "I've been up for over two f***ing hours taking care of your Both the mother and the witness reported that baby while you slept." Christopher Rounds, 25, of Cape Coral was the only person awake with the baby when The baby later was transported to All she was crying, the release continues. "The Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, the mother said Rounds smoked K2 earlier in the release notes. day, while the witness said Rounds had been Rounds was charged with Aggravated Child drinking and had anxiety attacks over caring Abuse. He is being held without bond. He also faces two counts of Disorderly Conduct for for the infant," it added. threatening deputies and two neighbors when According to the report, the mother told dep- initially contacted about the abuse investigauties, "I know Chris didn't mean to hurt her." tion, the report adds. % Someone you know needs Planned Parenthood • Lifesaving cancer screenings • Parent & teen education • Annual GYN exams • Birth control Planned Parenthood Of Southwest And Central Florida • Sarasota 941-953-4060 • MyPlannedParenthood.org