LEXINGTON, N.C. — Lexington police are investigating a child abuse case involving parents.
Detectives received a report about child abuse at a home on Goodluck Drive Monday after an investigation with Special Victim Units showed 26-year-old Stephen Jones and 25-year-old Chaela Byrd, had assaulted their child.
Jones was charged with felony child abuse and felony strangulation, and Byrd was charged with felony child abuse.
Court documents said Byrd is charged with negligent child abuse after, "stomping on the child's head while he was on the ground with her foot."
The documents go on to say that Jones is being accused of, "putting a belt around the child's neck causing the child to have trouble breathing and leaving bruises on the neck.
Both suspects were taken to Davidson County Jail and placed under a $50,000 secured bond.
DSS assisted with the investigation and all the children in the home have been relocated.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information related to this investigation can call Lexington Police at 336-243-3302 or Lexington Area Crime Stoppers at (336) 243-2400.