Man arrested for kicking five year old

A Key Largo man is in jail, charged with aggravated child abuse. He is accused of kicking a five year old boy several times after the boy reportedly threw a rock at him.

The incident took place Sunday at 5:30 p.m. at the 101 mile marker in Key Largo. The mother of the victim said her son was playing outside in the yard. She said she walked outside their house and found her son curled up on the ground and 38 year old Marvin Price was yelling at him and kicking him. Price told her the boy had thrown a rock at him, hitting him in the head.

Deputies Cody Kerns and Annette Simo found Price a short distance away at Trade Wind’s Plaza and detained him. Price was agitated, saying he needed an ambulance because the boy had knocked out all his teeth and one of his eyes. Price had no visible injuries and still had all his teeth and both eyes. Paramedics checked him for injuries and he was cleared at the scene.

Deputy Christopher Kilmurray responded to the victim’s location. The boy had visible fresh bruises on his stomach and back. He was taken to Mariner’s Hospital for an examination to determine the extent of his injuries.

Price was arrested, charged with aggravated child abuse and he was booked into jail.

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