MIAMI – Police arrested a 39-year-old man who was caring for a 22-month-old child when she was bitten by a dog Feb. 27.
Miami police said instead of taking the child to receive medical care, Eddson Berrios attended to the girl's wounds at home.
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Berrios was found to have lied about his initial story, police said, during the course of an investigation.
He originally told police the girl was bitten by a stray dog at a park near his home, but police said he later admitted the dog, which belonged to him, actually bit her while at his home.
The toddler suffered several lacerations and a bone fracture from the dog bites.
Berrios faces one count of neglect of a child, one count of (medical) neglect of child and one count of false reports to law enforcement.
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