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Background: The vicinity successful Wilmington, N.C. wherever Marion L. Hoffman III and Brittany Marie Zito unrecorded with their babe (Google Maps). Insets (left to right): Marion L. Hoffman III and Brittany Marie Zito (New Hanover County Sheriff's Office).
A North Carolina mates are down bars aft constabulary said that they caused superior injuries to their 2-month-old baby.
Marion L. Hoffman III, 27, and his girlfriend, Brittany Marie Zito, 24, were arrested connected Tuesday pursuing an probe that began erstwhile they brought their 2-month-old babe to the exigency country successful July.
The babe was recovered to person respective breached bones including a skull fracture and a broken femur, according to arresting papers reviewed by Law&Crime. Police said Hoffman and Zito were liable for inflicting the injuries, and some parents were placed nether arrest.
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Hoffman and Zito brought their babe to the infirmary connected July 3, section NBC affiliate WECT. According to the apprehension warrants for some parents, the babe was recovered to person a skull fracture, a breached close femur, and 5 breached ribs.
Detectives from the Wilmington Police Department worked alongside the Department of Social Services for their investigation, which resulted successful apprehension warrants for the baby's parents, the TV presumption reported.
Hoffman and Zito made their archetypal tribunal quality connected Wednesday and are being held astatine the New Hanover County Jail connected $300,000 enslaved connected felony charges of intentional kid maltreatment with superior carnal wounded and negligent kid maltreatment with superior carnal injury.
They are some scheduled to look successful tribunal again connected Sept. 4. The whereabouts and information of the babe are not clear.
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