The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Friday, November 18, 1994              TAG: 9411180526
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

STEPMOTHER CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE

A woman who allegedly burned her 5-year-old stepdaughter with scalding water has been arrested and charged with felony child abuse, police said Thursday.

Police said Stephanie Gibson, 25, of the 1100 block of Riviera Drive, put the girl, Monique Frazier, in a bathtub containing the hot water. Gibson took the girl to Portsmouth Naval Hospital. The girl was sent to Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters in Norfolk, where she was listed in fair condition.

Gibson was held without bond. ILLUSTRATION: Photo

Gibson

KEYWORDS: CHILD ABUSE INJURIES ARREST by CNB