ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A
fired Albuquerque police officer and his wife appeared in court Sunday for
allegedly abusing the woman's son.
KOB-TV reports
(http://bit.ly/1MoKBS9) that 31-year-old Skyler McClaskey and 34-year-old Jodi
McClaskey were arraigned on one count each of child abuse.
A judge ordered the couple held
on $15,000 cash bond and to not have contact with the boy.
New Mexico State Police say
officials at Edgewood Middle School noticed several bruises on the boy's body
on Friday.
According to a criminal
complaint, Skyler McClaskey's stepson told police his stepfather slapped him
for getting into a spat with his sister. He allegedly slapped the boy
repeatedly and the mother grabbed the boy's hair.
