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Police: West Texas Man Breaks Child's Leg

Midland police have arrested a 23-year-old man who they say broke a child's leg during a diaper change.

The Midland Reporter-Telegram reported that Delfino Barboza-Esquivel was being held at the Midland County jail Friday morning on a felony charge of injuring a child. Officers were called to the Midland Memorial Hospital on Nov. 19 in response to a child abuse case.

Barboza-Esquivel originally told police he was straightening the child's leg when he heard a pop. During a polygraph examination weeks later, he told officers he became upset while changing the diaper and pushed down on the child.

Barboza-Esquivel's relationship to the child is unclear. Police didn't release the child's age or gender.

Barboza-Esquivel is being held on $50,000 bond. Online jail records didn't indicate an attorney.

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