Roanoke Rapids police are awaiting the results of a forensics study to determine the cause of injury that has left an infant hospitalized and its parents charged.

Lewis, left, and Blanton

Deputy Chief Adam Bondarek said Nicole Blanton, 21, and Anthony Lewis, 24, both of Roanoke Rapids, face a count each of contributing to the abuse and or neglect of a child.

They were arrested Wednesday and both, Bondarek said, were, "assigned by the magistrate's office in Halifax a $500 secured bond."

The pair were released on bond.

The pair's arrest came after the police department received a report on May 19 of a possible child abuse case, Bondarek said. A local physician was examining the child when abnormalities were found and the child taken to a hospital for treatment of what the deputy chief described as traumatic brain injury. "The injury would be consistent with the deplorable conditions the infant has been subjected to."

Bondarek declined to elaborate but did say investigators are waiting on the results of a physical forensics examination. "Our hopes are the results of the forensics examination will provide us with more information on what exactly caused the injury."