ALABAMA — A woman has been arrested and charged following an investigation into severe injuries suffered by a young child in Coffee County.
According to the Coffee County District Attorney’s Office, a young boy suffered multiple serious injuries, including at least one internal injury, after being left alone for several days with his father’s girlfriend. Authorities said Emily Stroud was arrested last week by the Elba Police Department and charged with one count of aggravated child abuse.
Coffee County District Attorney James Tarbox said Stroud had been dating the child’s father and was asked to care for the nearly 2-year-old boy while the father was at work…