RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A North Carolina mother and her boyfriend are facing child abuse charges after a Friday afternoon report that a little girl was held upside down with her face under the surf beneath a Sunset Beach pier along the Brunswick County coast, police said.
The incident was reported just after 6:30 p.m. Friday along the beach under the Sunset Beach Pier, according to a Saturday evening news release from the Sunset Beach Police Department.
Police on the North Carolina island, located at the South Carolina line, said there were “social media posts and videos” of the ocean incident near the fishing pier.
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“The safety and well-being of every child in our community remains our highest priority,” police said. Police added that they were seeking witnesses in the case or anyone who has additional information.
“The charges stem from a 911 call reporting that a male 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,” the news release said…