A Carthage man is being held in the Jasper County Jail on a $100,000 cash-only bond after one of his children was flown to Mercy Springfield with serious injuries Wednesday, Sept. 9.
Christopher James Albin (DOB 1988) is charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child after he allegedly awakened to find the child on fire and then did not call 911 after he extinguished the fire.
At the time of the fire, Albin was supposed to be caring for children ages 8, 6 and 5, with intellectual or developmental needs, according to the probable cause statement filed in Jasper County Circuit Court…