Corbin man accused of hitting, cutting three-year-old

A Corbin man was arrested Tuesday after his three-year-old was brought to Baptist Health Corbin for treatment of cuts and bruises.

Forty-two-year-old Creighton Hill was charged with one count of second-degree criminal abuse following an investigation by Kentucky State Police.

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According to Trooper Shane Jacobs, public affairs officer at Post 10 in Harlan, state police were called to the hospital to assist Knox County Social Services with the investigation.

The child had been taken to the hospital after social services received a call from officials at the school the child attends.

“The three-year-old had bruises and cuts on its face, head, chest, back arms and legs,” Jacobs said in a press release. “The child was checked out by the hospital and then released.”

Jacobs said the child and two other children were removed from the residence and placed with other family members.

Hill was lodged in the Knox County Detention Center. As of Thursday morning, Hill remains in the detention center on a $5,000 cash bond.

Under Kentucky law, second-degree criminal abuse is a class D felony, carrying a potential sentence of one to five years in prison.