Wrightsville Beach police responded to a call reporting child abuse at a local beachwear store last week, resulting in an investigation from state’s Child Protective Services division.
Police responded to Wings Beachwear at 82 S. Lumina Ave. after being called about a child who was tied to a metal basket in the store on May 29. When police arrived, the 2 year old child was no longer restrained, but the child’s caretaker gave contradictory answers, first claiming to be the child’s mother, then grandmother and later acknowledging she was the child’s grandmother through marriage, police said. The report showed that there was no charge that the woman assaulted the child.
Police took the child into protective custody and made contact with the child’s mother, who drove down from Wake Forest to take custody of the child. Wrightsville Beach police said that the state’s Child Protective Services division was investigating the incident.
