MONROE, N.C. -- Union County sheriff's deputies have arrested the parents and stepmother of a 3-year-old child on child abuse charges.

Megan James, the child's mother; Kevin Miller, the father; and Angela Little, the child's stepmother are accused of abuse after deputies found the boy covered in bruises while responding to a medical call at the home.

He is currently in the care of Union County's Department of Social Services.