Former Senator Mary Landrieu’s Son Charged With Cruelty To A Juvenile

23-year-old Frank Snellings, son of former Senator Mary Landrieu, was arrested this past weekend after his 2-year-old son was brought into a Baton Rouge hospital with bruises. He has been charged with cruelty to a juvenile.

WVUE out of New Orleans reports the child was taken to the hospital this past weekend after the mother noticed bruises on his body. The medical staff then notified law enforcement of possible child abuse.

From KATC -

Medical staff told deputies that the child had a bruise covering most of the left side of the child's face and had finger marks that were bigger than a child's on both inner thighs as well as a bruise in the center of the victim's back. The deputies say the marks on the thighs and back had to have been caused by excessive trauma to the area, and that the bruise on the back was from a hard blow that caused a spinal process to damage the skin.

The boy's mother told police she had dropped the child off Saturday evening with Snellings for a birthday party. At that time, according to the mother, the child had no marks or bruises on his body. Two hours later, she says Snellings brought the boy back to her.

According to KATC -

She took the child inside and locked Snellings out of her house. Deputies were called out to the house after a complaint by the mother of a disturbance. When deputies arrived, they found Snellings, who seemed to be drunk, outside the house. 

Frank Snellings told police that the child was never out of his sight. He maintains he never struck the child or saw anything that could have hurt him.