Mission Valley couple charged with abusing toddler
Leader staff | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 12 years, 9 months AGO
GREAT FALLS – A couple from the Mission Valley is facing criminal charges in Great Falls related to the battery of a toddler in January.
The child’s mother, Alexis Paul, 19, and her boyfriend, Riley James Charlo-Whitworth, 20, both pled not guilty to the charges they are faced with. Charlo-Whitworth stands accused of aggravated assault, criminal endangerment, tampering with physical evidence and assault on a minor. Paul, meanwhile, is charged with criminal endangerment after failing to promptly seek medical attention for her child.
The toddler, who was airlifted to Seattle after the incident, reportedly suffered a broken leg and lots of bruises. He was released from the hospital after a few days and his since returned to St. Ignatius, where he is staying with his father and continuing to recover.
Trials for Paul and Charlo-Whitworth are set to commence on June 3.
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