The teenage parents of a 6-month-old girl have been charged with assault after she was found at a homeless shelter in Harlem on Monday with cigarette burns in her eye and on her back, the police said.
The parents, Katrina Allen and William Butts, both 18, were arrested on Monday night at the shelter, at 30 Hamilton Place, and charged with second-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child.
Posted by Webmaster at February 4, 2004 05:47 AM