Sullivan Man Arrested For Battery On An Infant

SULLIVAN COUNTY, Ind – Indiana State Police have made an arrest after an investigation into a severely injured child that begin back in May.

Police were called when a four week old child was taken from the Sullivan County Hospital Emergency room, to Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis, with significant life threatening injuries on May 21st.

Police say that 24 year old Dalton W. Arnold, of Sullivan, was a live-in boyfriend who was staying with the infant and infant’s mother, and that he had direct supervision of the infant when the injuries occurred.

Arnold was arrested Friday and is being held in the Sullivan County Jail on a $60,000 bond.