The Saline County sheriff's office said Thursday that additional charges have been filed against two people facing child abuse charges after a Mabelvale infant was found with burns.
The new charges against Mabelvale residents Anthony Pilkington, 34, and Destiny Walker, 21, are introduction of controlled substance into the body of another person and endangering the welfare of a minor in the second degree.
Pilkington is being held at the Saline County jail in lieu of a $100,000 bond. His other charges are violation of a protection order, aggravated assault, first-degree domestic battering, endangering the welfare of a minor in the first degree and endangering the welfare of a minor in the third degree.
With the new charges, Walker's bail increased to $25,000, and she is also being held at the Saline County jail. Her other charges are permitting child abuse and endangering the welfare of a minor in the third degree.
Pilkington and Walker were arrested Aug. 3 after deputies went to a home on Jeanne Drive in Mabelvale on a disturbance with a weapon call and saw the infant with "fresh and significant burns to his neck and chest," according to a news release from the sheriff's office.
Metro on 08/14/2015