Hopkinsville Woman Charged With Child Abuse

A Hopkinsville woman was arrested Thursday afternoon on charges that she injured two children with a wooden spoon.

Hopkinsville Police say over the period of July 13th and 14th 25-year-old Jessica Maddux hit a 6-year-old and a 5-year-old with a wooden spoon causing severe bruising to each child. Maddox reportedly admitted to authorities she had spanked the children with a wooden spoon as a discipline.

She is charged with first-degree criminal abuse.

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