Marshfield Man Charged with Child Abuse and Killing a Dog Appears in Wood County Court
Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 -- 10:39 AM
(Marshfield News Herald) -A 44-year-old Marshfield man charged with abusing a child and killing a dog appeared in Wood County Court on Monday.Kevin M. Strey became angry with a 2-year-old boy's behavior and hit him across the face, the boy's mother told police, and the slap left red marks on the boy's face, according to court documents. The boy's mother saw Strey slap the boy on a separate occasion, leaving a hand print on the toddler's face. The slaps happened in late September. On Sept. 1, Strey woke up the woman and said they needed to take their dachshund to a veterinarian because the dog, Dobby, had fallen off a bed and was injured. The veterinarian was going to sedate the dog to do X-rays, but the dog died. The veterinarian told officers that Dobby's injuries were too extensive to be caused by a fall from a bed. The woman told police that, in February, she heard Seth yelling at the toddler and loud thumps.
When she went into a bedroom where Seth and the boy were, the boy was lying on a bed, staring at the ceiling. He wouldn't tell his mother what happened. The woman said she found bruises on the back of the boy's thigh when she later changed his diaper. Strey, who is charged with two counts of child abuse, one count of mistreating an animal causing death and one count of disorderly conduct as a domestic abuse incident, faces a maximum of 15 years and nine months in prison, if convicted. During his court appearance on Monday, he entered a not guilty plea to the charges against him. He’s scheduled to be back in court in May.
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