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Rural Isanti man charged in felony malicious
punishment of a child case
A 22-year-old rural Isanti man has been charged
with felony malicious punishment of a child in
connection with the bruising of an 18-month-old
originally said to have fallen in the bath tub.
Steven Richard Rohow was giving the child a bath
May 19 when he said the youngster kept getting
out of the tub. After being confronted at
Cambridge Medical Center about how the child
had sustained the extensive bruising on the legs
and buttocks, Rohow admitted he had lost his
temper and struck the toddler a half dozen times.
Rohow was taken into custody after being
interviewed by an Isanti County investigator.
He appeared before Judge James Dehn Monday,
May 20 where bail was set at $20,000 cash or
bond and he was formally charged with:felony
malicious punishment of a child; two counts of
felony assault in the third degree; misdemeanor
domestic assault in the fifth degree and
misdemeanor assault in the fifth degree.
He is to have no contact with the victim or her
family and is not to go closer than one-quarter
mile from her residence or any daycare site
where she might be located.
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