Crime & Justice

Kentucky Man Posted Abuse of Toddler on Snapchat: Cops

SICKENING SNAPCHAT

The 23-year-old posted a video of himself holding the child by his neck on Snapchat, causing several people to call the toddler’s mother to alert her.

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Carroll County Detention Center

A Kentucky man has been arrested after posting a video of him abusing a 2-year-old kid on Snapchat. 23-year-old Benjamin Franklin was charged with criminal abuse of a child under 12 and strangulation. The child’s mother said she was at work when she was alerted by numerous people of the video of Franklin holding the kid by his neck and slamming him onto his bed. Franklin admitted to police he abused the child. He’s being held at the Carroll County Detention Center with a bond of $5,000 and he’s been ordered to have no contact with the child or his mother. His arraignment hearing is scheduled for Oct. 19.

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