Police: dad assaults 11-year-old son (Port Leyden, New York)

Dad JAMES SULLIVAN has been charged with criminal contempt, assault, and child endangerment. No mention of a mother here. 

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Police: Father assaults 11-year-old son in Lewis County
Story Created: Sep 24, 2011 EDT

Story Updated: Sep 26, 2011 at 1:38 AM EDT

PORT LEYDEN, N.Y. (WKTV) - A father is facing several charges after the Lewis County Sheriff's Department investigated a report of him assaulting his 11-year-old son.

33-year-old James Sullivan, of State Route 12 in Port Leyden, allegedly punched and kicked his son several times in the head and face.

Sheriff''s deputies say the boy sustained several bruises to his arms, face and head along with a swollen black eye.

Sullivan is charged with aggravated criminal contempt, assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

He was charged in the Leyden Town Court and sent to the Lewis County Jail on $5,000 bail. The investigation is ongoing.