STATESVILLE, N.C. (WACB) – A Statesville woman has been charged with felony intentional child abuse with serious physical injury. On Wednesday (September 16) the Statesville Police Department arrested 37-yeaar-old Myeshia Sharetta Tomeka Dukes.

Arrest documentation reveals the suspect allegedly struck a juvenile with a broom stick until the stick was broken. Dukes also struck the child with a piece of cable and stomped the juvenile while on the ground.

Dukes was being held without bond in the Iredell County Detention Center.

[Story and photo courtesy of Rick Gilbert, WACB]