Former Horton man facing child abuse charges
06/05/2018

(KNZA)--A July 25th preliminary hearing is set for a former Horton man charged in a Brown County child abuse case.

28-year-old Justin Ziegler, currently of Cuba, Missouri, has been charged in Brown County District Court with aggravated battery and felony abuse of a child.

According to the criminal complaint, Ziegler is accused of beating a child born in 2017.  The child required hospitalized treatment, first being taken to the Hiawatha Community Hospital and then to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.

Ziegler was charged in April following an investigation by the Horton Police Department and Brown County Sheriff’s Department.

He remains free on a $75,000 bond.   

 


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