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Paducah Teenager Pleads Not Guilty to Assaulting Infant

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A 19-year-old Paducah man accused of injuring an infant has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree assault.

Kelton Ragan was arrested Monday after Kentucky State Police received a call from Baptist Health Paducah that a 3-month-old child had a fractured femur and possibly an old rib injury. Ragan entered his plea Tuesday.

A police report says Ragan told authorities he heard a bone snap after he grabbed the child by the legs and flipped the infant over.

Investigators say such an action put the child at serious risk of death.

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