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20-year-old Tonya Plunkett is charged with felony child abuse after admitting to striking her infant child with a switch. Medics responded to her home when she reported she was experiencing fatigue after her pregnancy, and responding medics observed numerous injuries across the male infant’s body. She told medics she “don’t whoop him hard.” She is free on a $7,500 bond.

Tonya Plunkett of Strouse Ave in Nashville, TN, was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail on March 13th, charged with child abuse. A judicial commissioner set her bond at $7,500.
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