Newport News Police arrest wanted fugitive in child abuse investigation

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Newport News Police Department has arrested a suspect wanted in connection to a child abuse investigation.

24-year-old Denzel Lamar Arrington was arrested Wednesday night.

Police previously obtained warrants for Arrington on Aggravated Malicious Wounding and Felony Child Abuse and Neglect charges.

Around 11:52 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to a residence in the 100 block of Robinson Drive for a call of a code blue involving a six-month-old boy.

An investigation revealed that injuries were inflicted to the child.

Police said Wednesday that the child is in stable condition at a local hospital.

Family tells News 3 that Arrington is the father of the little boy he’s accused of abusing and according to neighbors, this isn’t the first time he’s been in trouble.

“He had a handgun in the house and it went off and went into the house across the street,” said Zack Dame of an incident last summer. “(There were) about 15 cop cars there.”

Police say Arrington was arrested without incident.