'CHILD IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE'
Mom ‘got baby boy high on cocaine then viciously beat him’
A MOTHER is accused of savagely beating her 23-month-old son after getting him high on crack cocaine.
Crystal Steele was hit with multiple charges after cops received a tip from a witness that the child had been heartlessly abused.
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The tipster said that the little boy was struck on the head and his shoulders, according to .
"The witness said [Steele] then pulled the child's arm behind the victim's head and the child was screaming and ... hearing a 'pop' come from the child's shoulder, causing the child to scream even more," a state trooper wrote, according to the outlet.
The tipster called for help after Steele refused to get medical treatment for the child.
The child was found to have swelling in his brain, and drugs were found in his system.
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He also suffered a broken arm and multiple bruises.
"The child is lucky to be alive," Trooper Steve Limani told .
"This was a near fatality."
Cops say Steele, a resident of Derry, , tried to blame a dog for the child's injuries.
She said, according to cops, that the child "had fallen off on a ramp outside her apartment complex while playing with the dog," CBS reported.
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Investigators say Steele used multiple drugs, and smoked crack cocaine while holding the child.
"We're lucky we were able to get the child to grandparents that are now overseeing the child," Limani told .
Charges against the 28-year-old Steele include aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of possession of a controlled substance.
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