(COSHOCTON, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that a Coshocton County man has been sentenced to prison for abusing his infant child last year.
This afternoon, Coshocton County Common Pleas Judge Robert Batchelor sentenced Christian Kibler, 22, of Coshocton, to a prison term of seven years after the defendant pleaded guilty last month to charges of felonious assault and endangering children.
Kibler was indicted in May 2015 after an investigation by the Coshocton County Sheriff's Office found that he traumatically injured his 2-month-old child. The investigation found that Kibler was under the influence of drugs and alcohol when he harmed the child and did not immediately seek medical attention for the infant, who was later flown by medical helicopter to Akron Children's Hospital for treatment.
"This individual failed in his most basic responsibility to protect his child," said Attorney General DeWine. "And, as the sentence today indicates, there are serious consequences for those who harm innocent, defenseless children."
The child has since recovered from the injuries and is in the custody of his mother, who was not present when the abuse took place.
The case was prosecuted by attorneys with the Attorney General's Special Prosecutions Section working as part of Attorney General DeWine's Crimes Against Children Initiative.
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