A 23-year-old Mississippi man has been indicted on eight counts of felony child abuse and two counts of abuse of a vulnerable person after the mother of a special needs 5-year-old girl found cellphone videos he allegedly recorded of himself beating and abusing the child.
According to court documents, the videos reportedly show Alex Mead punching and slapping the girl, choking her, pulling her hair, and biting her ear.
A video was obtained by the Clarion-Ledger that show Mead slapping and punching the girl in the head asking her “How’d that feel, huh?” and “You’re not going to cry?”
At one point, he looks directly into the camera and say, “I’m an a**hole, I know.”
Mead was arrested after the girl’s mother discovered the videos on his phone on Feb. 9. His bond is currently set at $140,000.
The girl uses a breathing tube and a wheelchair due to a rare brain disease.