Little boy who was 'stealing cake' in middle of night punished with 'planks' and ice-cold showers until he got hypothermia: Police

A Utah antheral is accused of torturing his girlfriend's children for stealing treats and eating candy, with cops saying helium punished them with "squats, planks oregon partition sits" and ice-cold showers until 1 of the kids got hypothermia and had to beryllium hospitalized.

Jordan Taylor, 28, of Blanding, is charged with aggravated kid maltreatment and kid torture, kidnapping, home unit successful the beingness of a child, reckless endangerment, and unlawful detention of a insignificant for the alleged punishments.

Court documents obtained by section NBC affiliate KSL and the ABC affiliate KTVX outline however Taylor forced his girlfriend's kids, ages 6 and 3, to execute excruciating workout routines and signifier Muay Thai connected 1 another. The 6-year-old was allegedly ordered to signifier Muay Thai moves connected her 3-year-old member and the lad would beryllium punished if helium cried, according to police.

The girl told investigators that 1 of Taylor's punishments included wrapping portion astir her brother's rima portion forcing him to "perform aerial squats," per the tribunal documents. She alleged that this happened due to the fact that her member would "steal barroom successful the mediate of the night" and helium was "eating it nether his covers."

"The fridge and freezer were unopen and locked with a lock," the tribunal documents say.

Taylor's abusive ways came to airy aft the lad was hospitalized past week owed to a bout of hypothermia, which led to the find of "bruising crossed his full body," according to police. An probe was launched connected April 22 and Taylor was questioned astir what happened, which prompted him to sermon his punishment routine.

"Jordan stated that the children would person to bash squats, planks, oregon partition sits if they got into trouble," the tribunal documents state. "He said they astir often got successful occupation for stealing treats oregon taking candy erstwhile they were not expected to. He informed america that these punishments were his idea."

While Taylor is described successful the tribunal documents arsenic the fellow of the children's mother, they allegedly referred to him arsenic their dad. The woman and her kids some tried claiming that the injuries they sustained were from Muay Thai practice, KSL and KTVX report.

Investigators, however, did not judge this to beryllium true.

"The child's hypothermia, unneurotic with the extended bruising connected the victim's body, including marks astir the wrists, (indicating helium had been tied down) contiguous a wide and contiguous information to the insignificant children surviving successful the residence," the tribunal documents say.

Asked of the parent observed the alleged maltreatment and tried to bash thing to halt it, her girl reportedly told police, "It hurts her mother's head, and she usually enactment headphones on. This is erstwhile Jordan would enactment her member into the acold shower."

Taylor's jailhouse and tribunal presumption was unclear Tuesday.