WAKE COUNTY, NC - The parents of a one-year-old boy are facing charges after he was critically injured from falling off a third-story balcony. The unidentified boy suffered a fractured pelvis and a punctured lung.
Arrest warrants reviewed by PEOPLE state that while 26-year-old Saniyah Monchaye Person and 28-year-old Jawon Lee Whitley slept, their one-year-old son was awake. During this time, he allegedly gained access to an “unsecured patio door” on the apartment building’s third floor and fell three stories.
Wake County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) deputies arrived at a home on Chandler Ridge Court around 5:00 p.m. on November 7 to respond to a report of a child falling from a balcony. The sheriff’s office said the boy “subsequently fell three stories, sustaining a fractured pelvis and a punctured lung,” according to the arrest warrant for Person.
The little boy was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Whitley was arrested on a charge of negligent child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury on November 7. He is currently in jail on a $50,000 bond. His next court date is scheduled for November 30.
Person was arrested on a charge of negligent child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury on November 10. It is unclear what her bond was set at. Her next court date is scheduled for December 3.
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