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BASTROP — A Bastrop man with a prior criminal history faces four felony charges after a welfare check led investigators to allegations of assault against a child.
Jeremy Montoya, 44, was indicted May 5 in the 21st District Court on two counts of injury to a child, a first-degree felony, and charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and assault of a family member, second-degree felonies. All four charges are enhanced by 2015 convictions including aggravated assault causing injury, assault causing bodily injury and abandonment or neglect of a child out of Austin, court records show.
According to an affidavit, Bastrop police responded to a welfare check for a child around midnight Dec. 20. No injuries were initially observed, but the child later disclosed details of an incident in a forensic interview Jan. 6.
