The disabled man was found with severe injuries over most of his body after DSS arrived for a visit, according to the Cleveland County Sheriff’s office.
Charles Troy Newton, 50, of Casar, was arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury, kidnapping, assault by strangulation, abuse of disabled or elderly inflicting serious injury and malicious castration.
An anonymous call lead DSS to Newton’s door step to investigate, said Cleveland County Sheriff Alan Norman.
The disabled man was taken initially to Cleveland Regional Medical Center and then transferred to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. The man had several broken bones, fractures and bruises.
Newton was arrested Wednesday evening.
Authorities are still trying to determine the duration of the alleged abuse.
“We are attempting to determine (how long) as the investigation is ongoing,” Norman said Thursday.
Newton, who authorities identified as the disabled man's guardian, was the only other person that lived in the home at the time of the reported assault and abuse, according to officials.
“This is a sad situation that has occurred. The investigation shows at this time that the victim could have been assaulted over a number of days,” Norman said. “Thank God someone called when they did or this could have been a homicide investigation.”
Newton is being held on $150,000 bond.
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Authorities: Disabled man kidnapped, beaten: Victim's guardian charged after DSS visit
I wonder how this man got guardianship in the first place.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, Finny. Where was the guardian ad litem?
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