FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Fort Wayne Police arrested a person Friday for allegedly punishing a toddler by hitting them with a flashlight.
Nickolas Lee Uitts, 25, faces one rely of battery to a toddler youthful than 14 years outdated.
The Indiana Division of Little one Providers alerted FWPD to the reported abuse. A detective with FWPD then investigated and decided Uitts was chargeable for inflicting the kid’s accidents.
In line with Allen Superior Courtroom paperwork, the sufferer informed police Uitts, who was a good friend of their mom, “whipped” them with a flashlight on March 13.
In an interview with investigators later that month, Uitts denied spanking the sufferer, saying he wouldn’t even do this to his personal kids, in response to court docket paperwork.
Nevertheless, Uitts did inform police that typical punishments for kids within the house are to sit down in a chair or do wall squats, in response to court docket paperwork.
FWPD introduced Tuesday that Uitts had been taken into custody on the preliminary battery cost.
