'Jack her up': Man grabbed 11-year-old niece by the face and slammed her head into the wall over and over in order to settle a dispute among children about a scooter, police say

A Florida antheral is down bars aft grabbing his 11-year-old niece and repeatedly slamming her caput into the partition during an statement among children, instrumentality enforcement successful the Sunshine State says.

Aaron D. Culpepper, 32, stands accused of child abuse without large bodily harm, according to the Miami Police Department.

The underlying incidental occurred connected Thursday astatine a residence adjacent Northwest 67th Street and Northwest 13th Avenue successful Miami, Florida, constabulary said.

Officers were allegedly flagged down by the unfortunate herself, who was said to beryllium crying uncontrollably, according to an apprehension affidavit obtained by Miami-based Fox and ABC affiliate WSVN and section autarkic TV presumption WPLG.

Then, Miami Fire Rescue was called successful to measure the girl.

During an interview, the kid said the quality began innocently capable erstwhile her relative took her shoe, according to instrumentality enforcement. In reprisal, the unfortunate said, she took her cousin's scooter.

But past the statement escalated.

The escalation came erstwhile the girl's relative spoke with the suspect and told him astir the quality betwixt the 2 children.

Culpepper allegedly responded with violence.

The unfortunate said her uncle grabbed her by the thorax country portion gripping her shirt, past grabbed her look and banged her caput against the partition implicit and over, according to the apprehension affidavit.

After being work his Miranda rights, the suspect agreed to talk with investigators, according to the affidavit. While the large bulk of Culpepper's comments are redacted successful the charging document, the girl's uncle outright denied pushing his niece's caput into the wall, constabulary said.

The defendant's parent besides took contented with the small girl's upshot of the incident, portion mostly giving investigators a akin relationship of what happened but for however things ended, telling constabulary that "all helium did was jack her up," according to the charging document.

One serviceman wrote that helium "noticed a bump connected the backmost of her head," the affidavit says.

The miss was past taken to adjacent Jackson Memorial Hospital for further evaluation, according to instrumentality enforcement.

Police said determination whitethorn beryllium surveillance footage documenting the incident, but that entree was not instantly available.

On Thursday, Culpepper was arrested and detained successful the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. As of Friday, aft an archetypal tribunal appearance, his enslaved was acceptable astatine $5,000, tribunal records show.