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Bogota man charged with hitting special needs son, 4

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bogota man who speaks only Korean was arrested on child abuse charges by police who said he beat his 4-year-old special needs son.

Photo Credit: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF

Officers responding to a neighbor’s report of a disturbance took 33-year-old Hongyoul Lee of Queen Anne Road into custody yesterday after finding bruises on the boy’s body, Detective Capt. James Sepp told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning.

Sorting things out was difficult immediately after the 1:20 p.m. call, because Lee doesn’t speak English, the boy doesn’t speak and the mother wasn’t home, Sepp said.

The state Division of Child Protection and Permanency had the boy checked out at Hackensack University Medical Center. X-rays were negative, Sepp said.

The DCPP placed the boy with his mother, with arrangements for monitoring.

Meanwhile, the 5-foot-11-inch, 200-pound Lee remained held on $10,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail this morning. A judge ordered that he have no contact with his son until the case is resolved.

MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF

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