A 20-year-old man has been formally charged with a single count of abuse of a child.

Trevor Coleman was babysitting his girlfriends children and allegedly injured a 2-year-old girl.
The child suffered a lacerated liver, and two broken wrist.

According to Hutchinson Police Detective Scott Carlton, Coleman claims he was just playing with the child which was one of three in his care. He admits he had the child facing down when he slammed the child on his knee, which they believe caused the injuries to the child’s liver.

He then allegedly threw the same child in the air, about 8-feet according to the detective, but failed to catch the child, who then landed on the carpet. That’s believed to have caused the broken wrist. This occurring back on January 22.

Coleman apparently didn’t bother to tell his girlfriend what happened, but the child was feeling sick the following day, so she took the child to the doctor, with the doctor then discovered the injuries. The child was then taken to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita for treatment.

Coleman made another appearance in court via-video from the Reno County Jail. Where Magistrate Judge Randy McEwen read the formal complaint, and his bond was left at 15-thousand dollars. His case will now be placed on a future waiver-status docket.