"Toddler Jane" NANNEY-CHADWELL - 23 Months - Morganton (W of Hickory) SC

Morganton NC ---- A Burke County father is in jail without bond for abusing
his 23-month-old girl.
The toddler is at Carolinas Medical Center in
Charlotte with brain injuries, said Burke County Sheriff's Office Lt. Becky Weatherman.
Deputies charged Cody Garrett Chadwell, 23, of 4734
Homestead Way, Morganton on Sunday with felony intentional child
abuse-serious physical injury.
Deputies accuse him of beating the toddler over the course of a week.
Chadwell had his first appearance
in court on Monday, and Judge Burford Cherry assigned Tim Rooks as his
court-appointed attorney. The judge didn't address Chadwell's bond,
according to court officials, and he remains at the Burke County Jail without bond.
A deputy and a worker with the Burke County Department
of Social Services went to Chadwell's residence Saturday to investigate a
report of suspected child abuse, according to a release from the
sheriff's office.
The toddler's mother, Alecia Danielle Nanney, was
there with the toddler and the release says the officer and social
worker saw bruises on the toddler's face, arms, legs, back and throat.
They told Nanney to take the toddler to Grace Hospital to be examined, the
release says. The social worker went to the hospital with the mother and
detectives were called in to investigate.
Detectives suspect
Chadwell had been spanking the toddler since May 2, the press release says.
It also says the father admitted to spanking the toddler too
hard because he was stressed about pending court cases.
The mother told detectives she didn't spank the toddler but was aware of the father
spanking the toddler, the release says.
The toddler was transported to Carolinas Medical Center due to its injuries and a bleeding on the
brain, according to detectives.
Weatherman said on Monday the toddler hasn't been able to keep down food.
The case is still under investigation.
According to court records, Chadwell was under
intensive probation for a felony probation violation. Chadwell pleaded
guilty to an earlier 2008 felony offense.
Chadwell has a pending trial date on May 24 for felony breaking and entering and larceny after
breaking and entering, according to court records.

The mother of a toddler who was taken to Carolinas Medical Center
last week due to brain injuries has been charged with misdemeanor child
abuse.

Alecia Danielle Nanney, 24, of 4734 Homestead Way, Glen Alpine is
scheduled to appear in court May 28.

The warrant for Nanney's arrest said she, as the parent of the
23-month-old girl, allowed Cody Garrett Chadwell, 23, of 4734 Homestead
Way, Glen Alpine "to inflict physical injury upon the child by beating
the child with his fist."

The injury caused the child's brain to bleed and left bruises on 98
percent of her body, the warrant states.

Chadwell was charged May 10 with felony intentional child
abuse-serious physical injury.

Sheriff's investigators said a deputy and Burke County Department of
Social Services worker went to Chadwell and Nanney's residence May 8 to
investigate a report of suspected child abuse. The deputy and social
worker saw bruises on the toddler's face, arms, legs, back and throat.

Investigators said they suspect Chadwell had been spanking the
toddler since May 2.

The father admitted to spanking the toddler too hard because he was
stressed about pending court cases, detectives said.

The toddler was released from Carolinas Medical Center at the end of
last week, detective Jody Price said. She is not in her parents'
custody.