A 52-year-old man in Texas is accused of severely abusing his young grandchildren , allegedly whipping them, smashing their hands on the table, and even tackling them.

Cody Wayne Ainsworth was taken into custody last week and charged with three counts of injury to a child.

The investigation into Ainsworth began when the Bruceville-Eddy Police Department responded to a 911 call reporting potential child abuse at a residence in the 600 block of First Street in Waco on Wednesday, Nov. 19, CBS affiliate KWTX reported . The residence is about 100 miles south of Dallas.

Upon arriving at the address, officers spoke with a woman, identified as Ainsworth's stepdaughter and the mother of his three grandchildren, who reported that she and Ainsworth had just gotten into an argument over his treatme

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