Easton police have charged a man with burning, shaking and breaking the arm of his girlfriend's 1-year-old daughter.
Thirty-nine-year-old Earl Luther Wilt Jr. of Easton was arrested Thursday and charged with assault and child abuse. He is being held on $50,000 bond. According to court documents, in July Wilt allegedly broke the child's forearm.
In late August, Wilt allegedly held the girl's hand to a stove burner and then shook the girl. The child's mother took her to Memorial Hospital in Easton on Sept. 5.
Charges were filed against Wilt on Oct. 1.
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