Police: Iraq vet abused daughter

Is this a case of deplorable child abuse we read about all too often or is there something more to this story?

Police: Iraq vet abused daughter, held her head in water
By Patrick Oppmann, CNN
February 8, 2010 11:03 p.m. EST
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Soldier's girlfriend tells police he was abusing his daughter, 4
Police: Girl had bruises and scratches; child said, "Daddy used his hands"
Police report: Sgt. Joshua Tabor was angry that she "does not know her alphabet"
Authorities: Tabor admits putting her head in sink, denies putting face underwater
Seattle, Washington (CNN) -- An Iraq war veteran has been charged with assault on suspicion of abusing his daughter, whose head he allegedly held in water to get her to recite the ABCs, according to police in Yelm, Washington.

Police arrested Army Sgt. Joshua Tabor on January 31 after they responded to complaints about 2 a.m. that he was wandering around his neighborhood and appeared to be intoxicated.

"He was threatening to break windows with his Kevlar helmet," said Todd Stancil, police chief of Yelm, about 60 miles south of Seattle.

Although the arrest happened more than a week ago, details of the case were not widely known publicly until Monday.
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