{"id":1517810,"date":"2026-06-23T14:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1517810"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:15:06","slug":"man-arrested-for-abusing-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1517810","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested for abusing child"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"HENDERSON COUNTY – A Chandler man has been incarcerated for allegedly pushing and striking a two-year-old, causing fractures to his legs and skull. Joshua David Brooks, 23, is accused of causing harm to a minor. On June 15, Henderson County deputies received reports of a two-year-old child who had been taken to a hospital in Tyler due to head injuries. This prompted the start of the investigation. An arrest affidavit listed six-millimeter fracture of the skull, tibia fracture, brain shift of four millimeters, swelling of the brain and a bruised and swolen eye as injuries. The two-year-old’s mother was dating Brooks, who later admitted to deputies that he had bathed the child and placed her on a rug. <\/p>\n

According to the affidavit, he claimed that as he turned to grab a towel, he heard a boom and discovered the child had fallen on a vent close to the shower. The affidavit stated that Brooks informed deputies that the child was rigid and had stopped breathing until he gave him a sternum rub.<\/p>\n

A five-year-old in the house was then questioned by investigators, and she claimed to have witnessed Brooks toss the two-year-old into the shower. According to the affidavit, she informed investigators that Brooks was upset because the two-year-old had dedicated on herself and caused a mess. She claimed that while she was in the bathtub, Brooks shoved the two-year-old with his foot and struck her across the cheek. The following day, Brooks was arrested and placed under a $500,000 bond at the Henderson County Jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HENDERSON COUNTY – A Chandler man has been incarcerated for allegedly pushing and striking a two-year-old, causing fractures to his legs and skull. Joshua David Brooks, 23, is accused of causing harm to a minor. On June 15, Henderson County deputies received reports of a two-year-old child who had been taken to a hospital in … Continue reading Man arrested for abusing child<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3908,"featured_media":1517811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1517810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-25 17:15:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1517810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1517812,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517810\/revisions\/1517812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1517811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1517810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1517810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1517810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}