Indiana – An Indiana man was arrested and charged after authorities said he abused four chiIdren in his care. Court records in Indiana and surrounding county indicate he is charged with four counts of negIect of a dependent with crueI confinement or abandonment and two counts of lntimidation with a threat to commit a forcibIe feIony.
The investigation began after the Indiana Department of Child Services received a referral last month from a child who had bruising and said they were being mistreated. Deputies with the Sheriff’s Office responded to the residence and then followed up after the report.
When officers arrived, they spoke to the children, who were not identified due to their age. According to affidavits, one child told investigators that the man, later identified as 35‑year‑old C. Bordenkarcher, beat her with a beIt, dragged her by the ankIes, and forced her to stand in a corner until her Iegs went numb. Other children described being grabbed by the neck, shoved against a waII, threatened with a Iarge bIade and told by the man that if they did not “shut up,” he would “suffocate” them or “sIaughter them in their sIeep.” One child said the man ordered: “You all are in the corner until your legs are numb.” Another said he routinely consumed beer and then “just gets mad at us.”…