Anthony Gulledge Cheesecake - Police in Memphis, Tenn. have arrested a 30-year-old man for mercilessly beating a 3-year-old boy because he ate his last slice of cheesecake.
Anthony Gulledge has been charged with aggravated child abuse, neglect and domestic assault for brutally beating his girlfriend's son because the child ate the last slice of his favorite cheesecake.
According to reports, the incident happened on Saturday when Gulledge came back home and discovered that his last slice of cheesecake had allegedly been eaten by the toddler.
For this alleged crime, Anthony Gulledge beat the child so bad that he broke his thighbone, bruised his lungs and dislocated his vertebrae.
Authorities say the child's mother Katrina Johnson was present during the brutal incident but did not report the abuse or take her son to the hospital. She waited till the next day before taking the boy to the hospital.
Anthony Gulledge was arrested after preliminary investigations when hospital officials found that the toddler had many injuries. Katrina Johnson was also arrested on Monday and charged with aggravated child abuse because she did nothing to stop the Gulledge from brutally beating her son.
"Priority for her should have been to protect this child and to stop the abuse from happening," said Barbara King, director of the Exchange Club Family Center."These children are the least able to protect themselves, and these are children that are attacked. If you did that to an adult, it'd be assault and you'd be put in jail."
Reports indicate that the child is being hospitalized and is in critical condition.
The news of Anthony Gulledge cheesecake incident has since gone viral. Many commentators have questioned the sanity of Anthony Gullege and Katrina Johnson.
It's still unclear who ate the last piece of cheesecake and more importantly why Gulledge placed so much value on food that he could harm a child for eating it.
