Marshfield Man Sentenced for Child Abuse
Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 -- 9:37 AM
(Marshfield News Herald) -A Marshfield man was sentenced for abusing a child and killing a dog.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 was found guilty of, due to a no contest plea, of child abuse. Three other charges were dismissed and read in. He was sentenced to 3 years of probation with a condition of 6 months jail time.
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