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Spring Hill Man Accused Of Repeatedly Striking Child With Paddle

A Spring Hill man is facing aggravated child abuse charges after being accused of repeatedly hitting a 6-year-old on the bare buttocks.

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David Miles Jr. has been charged with aggravated child abuse.
David Miles Jr. has been charged with aggravated child abuse. (Pasco Sheriff)

SPRING HILL, FL — A 43-year-old Spring Hill man is facing aggravated child abuse charges after being accused of repeatedly hitting a 6-year-old on the bare buttocks with a wooden paddle.

According to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, David Miles Jr. was arrested Dec. 20 after they said he struck the child's buttocks with a homemade wooden paddle, causing extensive bruising, nearly to the point of bleeding.

Miles is not the child's parent or legal guardian.

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He's being held in the Land O' Lakes Detention Center on $100,000 bond.

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