SOUTH HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Twenty-eight-year-old Byron Banfield charged with abuse of a child was bound over for trial Wednesday after his preliminary hearing.

The case started when South Hutch Police responded to a disturbance call and made contact with a 15-year-old girl who told the officer she was beaten up with a lug nut wrench and stabbed in the back with a key. She was also allegedly bitten on her left shoulder area and was struck on her right elbow with what she described as a sword.

A neighbor also told police that he saw Banfield strike her in the face. He told the officer that Banfield left for about five minutes and came back with a claw hammer and duct tape. The neighbor and his wife were in fear of their safety, wondering what he intended to do with the items he had with him. Banfield was apparently cussing at the teen during this altercation.

Banfield is on parole for the sale of drugs, aiding and abetting an aggravated assault, theft and criminal possession of a firearm. Those convictions are out of Sedgwick and Butler counties.

With him being bound over for trial, his case now moves to arraignment next month.