Casper Man Charged with Child Abuse; Bond Set at $15K Cash or Surety
Update: This article was updated to remove identifying information after K2 was presented with court documentation indicating charges were dismissed.
A Casper man heard one charge during Initial Appearances in Natrona County Circuit Court today.
On Christmas Eve last year, a woman called the Hot Springs Sheriff's Office to report child abuse.
According to court documents, she told officers that the child was traveling from the Hot Springs to Casper with their father.
She said the child told her that the father pulled over the vehicle and ordered the child out. The father allegedly cursed the child and took a green plastic and aluminum snow brush and began hitting their thighs and buttocks, eventually breaking the snow brush before getting another one.
Documents state that after hearing the testimony from the reporting woman, a deputy took photographs of the child's bruising--which was still evident four days after the alleged abuse.
Children's Advocacy Project in Casper
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