Smithfield woman accused of intentionally injuring 10 month-old child
By Robert Jordan
Daily Record of Dunn
HARNETT COUNTY – A mother and father are accused of beating their 10-month-old baby so bad the child suffered a skull fracture last July. The pair were arrested Friday.
Harnett County Sheriff’s Office deputies charged the baby’s mother, 27-year-old Lourdes Breyan Wooten Romero, and father, 25-year-old Raheem DaQuan Roberson, with intentional child abuse, causing serious bodily injury.
Arrest warrants accuse the two of “intentionally” inflicting serious bodily injury to their 10 month-old child on July 2. The baby suffered “multiple contusions, subdural hematomas (and a) skull fracture,” according to the warrants.
A magistrate signed off on a warrant for their arrest on March 11. Romero lives in Cameron and Roberson lives in Smithfield. They are both being held in the Harnett County Detention Center under $100,000 secured bonds.
Roberson had his first appearance in Harnett County District Court, where he said he intended to hire his own defense counsel, on Friday. His next court appearance for a probable cause hearing is set for May 6 after he reportedly waived the 15-day requirement for the hearing.
Romero appeared before Judge Joy Jones for her first appearance hearing on Monday. The court appointed attorney Jesse W. Jones to serve as her defense counsel. Her next court appearance is a probable cause hearing set for Tuesday, March 25.
Online court records show Roberson was arrested and charged with assaulting a woman on Sept. 17, 2021. The charge was dismissed four days later when the prosecuting witness declined to help the case.
They both should be charged with attempted murder! Nothing else and especially a higher bond! The system is outrageous and doesn’t protect those who are innocent
So many out there that want children and can’t have them and these fools do this?! Shouldn’t even be able to get to live in our nice jails, they will have an easy life.
Evil people. Dang…this is the saddest thing I’ve read on the JOCO Report…God rest the baby’s soul. Sad.
What despicable excuses for human beings.
That’s a baby ,couldn’t defend themselves. Just trash.
Following this case very closely and it wasn’t the parents, it was the kinship that the kids were placed with (through Cumberland county) that caused the injuries. More info coming soon
Shouldn’t even have a da*n bond!!!!! WTH !!!!!!! Scumbags