Child care provider arrested on child abuse charge

5/13/2008
A Salina child care provider whose license was suspended by the state last week was arrested Monday in connection with injuries suffered by an 8-month-old boy.

Tiffany L. Axelson, 24, 107 Hays Court, made her first appearance Monday in Saline County District Court on charges of child abuse and aggravated battery.

Deputy Police Chief Carson Mansfield said Axelson called emergency crews about 4 p.m. April 28 to report that a boy in her care was unresponsive, but breathing. The child is not Axelson’s, he said.

The boy was taken by ambulance to Salina Regional Health Center, then flown to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He since has been released.

Mansfield said the boy suffered head injuries that were consistent with being shaken.

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