A 24-year-old father from Oxnard was arrested in connection with physically abusing his 8-month-old daughter, police said.
Joel Alejandro Soto was booked into a Ventura County jail on felony child abuse charges, according to a police press release and Ventura jail records online.
Police learned about the case, they said, when they got information that Soto’s 8-month-old daughter had been hurt by her father.
She was treated at a hospital for wounds to her head, face and leg. Her condition was not known on Sunday.
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