Prosecutors: Dad who bound toddler with tape was playing

(CBS/AP) CHICAGO - Prosecutors said Wednesday that a man was playing with his 1-year-old daughter when he bound her in tape and posted a picture of it on Facebook.

Andre Curry, 21, is charged with aggravated domestic battery after police say he used painter's tape to bind the girl's wrists and ankles and cover her mouth. His bail was set at $100,000 on Wednesday.

At the bond hearing, an assistant Cook County State's Attorney said the little girl was playing with a roll of blue painter's tape when Curry taped her feet and hands, and put tape over her mouth, reports CBS Chicago.

Curry used a cell phone to take the picture and then removed the tape after posting. The image was accompanied by the caption, "This is wut happens wen my baby hits me back."

There was no mention at the bond hearing of Curry hitting the girl, CBS Chicago reports.

According to a Chicago police spokesperson, the department learned of the photograph - which has since been taken off Facebook - on December 14, and opened an investigation in cooperation with the Department of Children and Family Services.

CBS Chicago reports that several Facebook friends posted comments about the photo, including one who calls Curry a "nasty dirty child abuser," and another who claims she called DCFS and alerted them to the photo.

Police say Curry, who was living with his sister, has no criminal background.

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services reportedly says it is monitoring the situation.

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