A Port Royal woman is accused of abusing her 2-year-old child at a Hardeeville hotel, according to police.
The Hardeeville Police Department charged Victoria Kirstin Nicole Parrish, 25, of Port Royal on Wednesday with inflicting great bodily injury upon a child.
A family member reported to police that the child was injured after Parrish was angry about the child’s soiled diaper, according to a Hardeeville police report.
Reached by phone, Chief Sam Woodward said there are additional investigations into Parrish, and the agency determined that, with the child’s injuries, it had reasonable suspicion to obtain an arrest warrant.
Woodward said the agency contacted the Department of Social Services for a protection order for the child and asked DSS to begin its own investigation.
Attempts to reach Parrish or her family were unsuccessful.
She was booked into the Jasper County Detention Center at 10 p.m. Wednesday.
Court records show a $20,000 surety bond has been set, meaning a portion of it must be paid to be released from jail, but Parrish is still being detained.
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This story was originally published January 28, 2021 at 1:15 PM.
Jake Shore is a senior writer covering breaking news for The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette. He reports on criminal justice, police, and the courts system in Beaufort and Jasper Counties. Jake originally comes from sunny California and attended school at Fordham University in New York City. In 2020, Jake won a first place award for beat reporting on the police from the South Carolina Press Association.
