Woman charged with three counts of child cruelty

LAMAR COUNTY, Ga. - A woman has been charged with three counts of child cruelty after a child reportedly has bruises over the body, according to Barnesville Chief of Police Craig Cooper.

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Sarah Elizabeth Hart, 47, was charged on Tuesday, and is possibly the mother or aunt of the child, according to Cooper. 

Police responded to a call of a child having difficulty breathing around noon on Tuesday. Authorities went to the Sun Inn Hotel on Veterans Parkway in Barnesville.

Cooper says that the child had to be life-flighted to an Atlanta hospital where the child is being treated. The child reportedly had bruises all over the body, according to police.