ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A St. Petersburg man was arrested Thursday after police said he broke the leg of the 2-year-old boy he was caring for.
According to police, 29-year-old James Richardson and several of his adult roommates said Richardson put the toddler to bed around 7 p.m. Tuesday and returned to the room several times to soothe the child when he woke up crying.
The last time Richardson went into the room, he told officers the child became combative and admitted to “striking the child on the leg with his hand,” the police report read…