ROCKINGHAM — A man is facing felony charges after deputies say he caused a brain injury to a fetus.

According to arrest warrants, 20-year-old Marquis Jajuan Kenneth Graham, of Evelyn Court, Rockingham, wrapped both legs around the abdomen of a pregnant woman and squeezed between Nov. 2 and 23 of last year.

He is also accused of striking the woman in the face with his elbow and unlawfully restraining and confining her.

The child was born March 20 and suffered a traumatic life-threatening brain injury as a result of the assault and battery on its mother, warrants allege.

The warrants were issued May 24 and Graham was arrested the following day, charged with one felony count each of kidnapping and assault inflicting serious bodily injury on an unborn child, as well as a misdemeanor count of assault on a female.

Court documents show Graham was initially booked into the Richmond County Jail under a $75,000 secured bond but the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office agreed to modify his bond to $25,000 unsecured with the consent of his attorney, Q. Harrington.

Graham was released the same day as his arrest and ordered not to have contact with the mother.

He is scheduled to appear in Richmond County District Court on June 1. Online court records show he has a scheduled appearance on June 26 on misdemeanor charges of assault on a female and communicating threats.

According to records with the N.C. Department of Public Safety Division of Adult Correction, Graham has no previous convictions in the state.

All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in court.

Reach William R. Toler at 910-817-2675 and follow him on Twitter @William_r_toler.

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By William R. Toler

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