BATON ROUGE – A West Baton Rouge Parish deputy and Central Police officer was arrested over the weekend after he was accused of beating a 6-year-old with a belt.
An arrest warrant says that Charles Evans Jr. hit the child with a belt on Sunday, Feb. 8. The victim was seen by doctors five days after the alleged beating. Medical staff said they found partially-healed welts on the child’s backside.
Evans was arrested for cruelty to juveniles, a felony charge. He has since bonded out of jail…