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Tampa Police: Man Beats 5-Year-Old Over School Report
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Published: August 27, 2008
James Cecil Boatman
TAMPA - Police charged a man with felony child abuse, saying he beat his girlfriend's 5-year-old son because of a bad-behavior report at school.
James Cecil Boatman, 27, was booked into Orient Road Jail after his arrest Tuesday. He is free today on $2,000 bail, records show.
According to an affidavit, Boatman "became enraged" on Monday after the child brought home the bad-behavior report and said, "Boy, do you want to go to hell or to God?"
The child's mother saw bruises and scrapes on the child's head, face, neck, back, arms, buttocks, legs and torso after she returned home from work, the affidavit states. Boatman told her he had spanked the child, the affidavit states.
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