BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A Bladenboro man is in jail charged with child abuse after babysitting a 7-year-old boy.
Investigators say Kevin Russell Wilmot, 26, was babysitting overnight for the child's mother Saturday. They say the child came home with deep bruises to the butt and back. He also had a cigarette burn just above his right ankle. The child told investigators Wilmot had spanked him with a belt and burned him with a cigarette.
Wilmot is charged with felony child abuse with serious injuries. He is in the Bladen County Jail under a $100,000 secured bond.
