Man Charged with Beating Silver Lake Infant

The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department has arrested a 21-year-old Connersville man for allegedly beating his girlfriend’s one-year-old son. The man faces a felony charge of aggravated battery. According to a news release from the Sheriff’s Department, the suspect admitted to police that he struck the child with his hand. The child suffered a head injury and was transferred from Kosciusko Community Hospital to a Fort Wayne hospital, where he was in fair condition at last report. Police say they discovered the child’s injuries after the suspect called 9-1-1 from his girlfriend’s home in Silver Lake to report that the boy had fallen and was having seizures.