Portsmouth police arrested a woman after a 1 a.m. call about a baby with marks on his face and bruises from previous incidents.
Officers were called to 17th Street early Tuesday morning after a resident reported that a woman living in the home had been hitting a baby.
The caller told police the baby had marks on his face and said he also had bruises on his legs from earlier incidents.
Police contacted after-hours Children Services for a callout and began investigating.
Officers read Miranda rights during the investigation and took Andrea Diaz into custody.
Diaz was transported to the Portsmouth Police Department for processing and then booked into the Scioto County Jail on a charge of child endangering.
According to the police log, officers made multiple attempts to reach after-hours Children Services before connecting with a CPS worker through dispatch.
CPS later advised that the juvenile victim could be released to another adult in the home at the mother’s request until a callout worker was available to respond.
Diaz appeared in Portsmouth Municipal Court, where the court ordered her held under bond until a preliminary hearing.
Child endangering cases can move quickly because the first concern is the child’s safety. Police may make an arrest, contact CPS, arrange temporary placement, and document injuries while prosecutors decide how the case should proceed.
The charge is an allegation. Diaz is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.