Cops: Dad beat 5-year-old daughter for not understanding the letter 'D'

(CBS/WOIO/AP) AKRON, Ohio - Police in Ohio say an Akron man beat his 5-year-old daughter because she was having trouble with her alphabet homework.

Police say the kindergartner was struggling to recognize the letter 'D' on Tuesday when 39-year-old Christopher D. Curry became angry, picked the girl up by the neck and struck her in the head repeatedly.

According to CBS station WOIO, when officers arrived the at the scene, they found the child with tears pouring down her face.  She had multiple knots on her head, a large lump around her left temple, a swollen left eye, and a cut lip. She was immediately sent to Akron Children's Hospital for further evaluation.

Curry was charged with felonious assault, child endangering and domestic violence. He was being held in the Summit County jail with bond set at $100,000.