A Farson man was arrested by the Sheriff’s Office on December 3rd and charged with child abuse.
Sweetwater County Sheriff Rich Haskell said Matthew M. Broadhead, 41, is charged with two counts of Child Abuse.
Detective Michelle Hall interviewed the victim, a 12-year-old who is not identified in charging documents other than by initials, on December 3rd, 2010. During the interview, the victim told her that on November 29th, 2010, Broadhead became upset with him, “grabbed him by the back of the shirt and threw him down on the concrete floor of the garage.”
Broadhead, the victim said, then “kicked him causing his own knee to hit him in the nose and cause it to bleed” and “he thought his nose was broken because the sides of it looked different” and Broadhead “tried to put his nose back in place.”
Broadhead, interviewed by Hall the same day, said that on November 29th, “he and [the victim] were in the garage and [the victim] was going to unplug a welder the wrong way which would have caused [the victim] to be electrocuted,” that he “yelled at him and threw him down on the floor ... ‘kicked and spanked him.
Broadhead was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Sweetwater County Detention Center. He appeared in Judge Victoria Schofield’s Circuit Court in Green River on December 6th, and is free on a $10,000 cash or surety bond.
Child abuse is a felony. Upon conviction, each count carries a maximum possible penalty of five years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both.
Haskell said the Sheriff’s Office investigation continues.
Sweetwater County Sheriff Rich Haskell said Matthew M. Broadhead, 41, is charged with two counts of Child Abuse.
Detective Michelle Hall interviewed the victim, a 12-year-old who is not identified in charging documents other than by initials, on December 3rd, 2010. During the interview, the victim told her that on November 29th, 2010, Broadhead became upset with him, “grabbed him by the back of the shirt and threw him down on the concrete floor of the garage.”
Broadhead, the victim said, then “kicked him causing his own knee to hit him in the nose and cause it to bleed” and “he thought his nose was broken because the sides of it looked different” and Broadhead “tried to put his nose back in place.”
Broadhead, interviewed by Hall the same day, said that on November 29th, “he and [the victim] were in the garage and [the victim] was going to unplug a welder the wrong way which would have caused [the victim] to be electrocuted,” that he “yelled at him and threw him down on the floor ... ‘kicked and spanked him.
Broadhead was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Sweetwater County Detention Center. He appeared in Judge Victoria Schofield’s Circuit Court in Green River on December 6th, and is free on a $10,000 cash or surety bond.
Child abuse is a felony. Upon conviction, each count carries a maximum possible penalty of five years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both.
Haskell said the Sheriff’s Office investigation continues.
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