A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF CHILD NEGLECT HAS BEEN ACQUITTED OF THE CRIME. 30 YEAR OLD ALAN MINTO WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED CHILD NEGLECT IN AUGUST AFTER DOCTORS AT INDIAN PATH MEDICAL CENTER FOUND A SEVERE SPIRAL ARM FRACTURE AND MULTIPLE BRUISES, INCLUDING A HANDPRINT BRUISE TO THE FACE ON MINTO’S TWO YEAR OLD SON. A JURY ACQUITTED MINTO AFTER NEARLY THREE HOURS OF DELIBERATION. MEANWHILE MINTO’S FIANCE AT THE TIME, AMANDA JO RAMEY IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. SHE FACES TRIAL ON FEBRUARY 4TH.