LPD: Man arrested after 7-week-old baby suffers four broken ribs

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A man was arrested Monday following a child abuse investigation, the Lincoln Police Department says.

On May 3, a 7-week-old baby was brought to an ER, where hospital staff deemed that he had four broken ribs, according to police.

The broken ribs were already healing.

The baby was taken to Children’s Nebraska in Omaha and the agency’s special victims unit was called in to investigate.

Investigators think the baby suffered the injuries about two to four weeks prior, while in the care of his father, 26-year-old Kaprees King.

King turned himself in on Monday.  He was arrested on suspicion of first-degree child abuse.