NEWPORT NEWS
A 26-year-old man is charged with child abuse after authorities say he threw his 10-month-old daughter at a police officer in a desperate attempt to escape arrest for an earlier incident.
Police say the child wasn't seriously injured.
Marquis Lee also is charged with assault and battery, resisting arrest, child abuse and neglect, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Police say a woman approached an officer at 1:30 a.m. Thursday on a street near her Newport News home to report she'd been assaulted by Lee.
Police say moments later, the officer saw Lee walking past, carrying the couple's daughter. When the officer tried to arrest him, Lee allegedly tossed the child at him and tried to run away.
Lee is being held at the Newport News City Jail.
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