Man arrested for shoving bar of soap into little boy's mouth over 'really bad' curse word, injured him after pulling over to buy some from store: Cops

An Indiana antheral pinned a 7-year-old household member's caput against the backmost of a car spot and tried to unit a barroom of soap into his rima aft the child utilized profanity — leaving him with a bleeding forehead, according to police.

Daniel Schergen, 34, is charged with felony home battery connected a idiosyncratic little than 14 years aged for the alleged late-August incidental successful LaPorte County, according to tribunal records.

Schergen was allegedly riding successful an SUV with his girlfriend, the lad and 3 different children erstwhile helium attacked the lad with soap. After 1 of the children was dropped disconnected astatine shot practice, the 7-year-old allegedly said a curse connection that a witnesser successful the conveyance described arsenic "really bad," according to tribunal documents obtained by section CBS affiliate WSBT.

Schergen allegedly directed his woman to halt astatine a convenience store successful Kingsbury and bargain a barroom of soap. When she returned, Schergen took the soap and tried to unit it into the boy's rima portion holding his caput down against the car seat, according to the tribunal documents.

The kid kept his rima unopen passim the struggle, and Schergen allegedly struck him successful the forehead. The lad fought back, hitting and kicking Schergen respective times, cops say.

The kid was allegedly near crying and screaming, with what constabulary described arsenic a bloody "oval mark" connected his forehead. Schergen's woman went backmost into the store to bargain intoxicant wipes and bandages to cleanable and screen the wound, according to tribunal documents.

Schergen allegedly punished the lad with soap successful his rima connected astatine slightest 1 erstwhile occasion. An probe was launched successful September after cops received a study of suspected carnal maltreatment from the Indiana Department of Child Services.

Schergen told investigators the lad had problems controlling his temper and had been suspended from schoolhouse for hitting different children. He said helium had been moving distant from accepted punishments specified arsenic spanking successful favour of timeouts and talking done problems, though helium acknowledged those methods were not ever effective, constabulary said.

Photographs taken by the child's parent allegedly amusement redness connected his forehead and a bruise connected his look aft the August incident. Schergen told investigators that the redness was caused by him holding the boy's caput against the car seat, according to police.

LaPorte County Prosecutor Sean Fagan told WSBT that parents person a ineligible close to subject their children, but that close has limits.

"When you're dealing with these benignant of cases, you're ever having to inquire yourself however overmuch is excessively overmuch erstwhile it comes to the subject of a kid oregon a minor," Fagan said.

Schergen was arrested connected a warrant Oct. 23 and released from the LaPorte County Jail 5 days aboriginal aft posting $750 bond, according to tribunal records.

If convicted, helium could look betwixt six and 30 months successful prison.