A man holding his girlfriend’s daughter by her legs dunked her into the Atlantic Ocean under a North Carolina fishing pier, causing her to become very upset and prompting onlookers to call 911, cops say.
Christopher Maurice Lee and Lesley Suzanne McClam each face first-degree misdemeanor child abuse charges, according to a press release from the Sunset Beach Police Department.
Cops say the incident occurred shortly after 6:30 p.m. Friday at Sunset Beach Pier. A 911 caller said Lee was “intentionally holding a child upside down by her legs, with her face submerged in the water against her will while she was screaming and crying,” per cops…