Tyler, Texas man guilty of intentionally scalding child
TYLER, TEXAS -- UPDATE: Timothy Choice was found guilty this afternoon of a felony charge of intentionally and knowingly causing serious bodily injury to a child, a felony offense. The Smith County jury hearing the case deliberated for about 90 minutes before returning the verdict. Sentencing is expected to begin tomorrow.
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A Smith County jury began hearing testimony Tuesday in a child abuse case in which the defendant is accused of immersing a toddler’s feet in scalding water because the child urinated on himself instead of using the toilet.
The 2-year-old boy suffered severe second-degree burns to his feet and was transported to Parkland Hospital in Dallas following the July 1, 2013 incident. Timothy Choice, 25, was charged with felony injury of a child with serious bodily injury.
Choice, who has been confined in the Smith County Jail on a $500,000 bond since his arrest in 2013, sat and listened to the testimony of the child’s mother and his one-time girlfriend Toni Martin.
Ms. Martin told the courtroom that she and Choice met on Facebook while she was living with another man, and that the 2-year-old child was originally thought to be Choice’s child, but DNA testing ruled him out as the father.
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