HOUSTON – A Houston man was arrested over allegations that he beat his daughter with a belt because she received a "C" conduct mark in school.
According to court documents, a school employee noticed the 7-year-old girl was having difficulty walking. The girl was taken to the school nurse where her injuries were discovered. The school then contacted Child Protective Services.
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Investigators said the girl had bruising on her thigh, buttocks, and knee.
Officials said the girl also had several marks and bruising on her lower and mid-back areas.
According to court documents, the girl said her father hit her with a belt "about a hundred times" all over her body on March 19.
The girl told police she was crying and told her father, identified as 30-year-old Fredric Hughes, that she was in pain but he would not stop. The girl said told her father did this because she received a "C" in school.
Court documents showed the girl told investigators her father has previously left these marks on her and her little sister.
Hughes was charged with injury to a child under 15. He is being held in the Harris County jail on $5,000 bond.