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The Harrisburg Bureau of police were called to an incident of child abuse at a home in the 500 block of South 17th Street on Thursday, Feb. 24 shortly before 10 a.m., police say.
Police found a 3-year-old child assaulted by Mary Hawkins, the release shows.
The child was taken to Hershey Medical Center for medical treatment and is expected to make a full recovery, police say.
Mary Hawkins has been charged with Criminal Attempt Homicide, Aggravated Assault, Strangulation, and Endangering Welfare of Children, according to the police.
Hawkins was denied bail “due to the nature of the charges” and confined to the Dauphin County Prison, court records show. Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Mar. 15 before Magisterial District Judge Paul T. Zozos.
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