A second suspect has been arrested in a Yucca Valley child abuse investigation. According to the Sheriff’s Department, Christopher Reed, 27, was arrested Tuesday afternoon, accused of felony child abuse and neglect in the case of his 5-year-old son. On Sunday, May 18, Yucca Valley paramedics and Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home in the 8600 block of Palomar Avenue after Hannah Thompson, 21, called 911 and said her boyfriend’s five-year-old son had fallen off a kitchen stool and injured his head. The boy had suffered severe head injuries and was airlifted to Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital where he was in a coma. Law enforcement and medical personnel believed the injuries to be consistent with child abuse, and Hannah Thompson was placed under arrest May 22, with her bail set at $500,000. Her boyfriend, the father of the boy, Christopher Reed, was arrested Tuesday, June 10, for investigation of child abuse and neglect. Both suspects are being held at the Central Detention; Christopher Reed’s bail is set at $100,000.
SECOND SUSPECT, FATHER OF 5-YEAR-OLD, ARRESTED IN YUCCA VALLEY CHILD ABUSE CASE
