Utah man charged with hitting son with stick for eating too slow

Utah man charged with hitting son with stick for eating too slow

Adobe Stock SANDY — A 41-year-old Sandy man is facing a criminal charge accusing him of using a stick to punish his young son for not eating fast enough. The man was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with aggravated child abuse, a first-degree felony. A 10-year-old boy told investigators that, in September, he was eating dinner when his father “told him he ‘had three minutes to finish eating.’ (The boy) said (his father) told him that if he d…