The case against a Cumberland County, Tenn., man charged with battering his girlfriend’s infant daughter was bound over last week to the grand jury and his bond hiked by $100,000.
Jesse Lynn Wyatt, 24, of Cumberland County, Tenn.
Jesse Lynn Wyatt, 24, faces charges of aggravated child abuse and aggravated child neglect or endangerment, which were bound over to the Rhea County grand jury that convened on Monday, authorities said.
Rhea County General Sessions Judge Shannon Garrison last week upped Wyatt’s bond from $150,000 to $250,000. Wyatt remains in the Rhea County Jail.
Meanwhile, the 7-month-old victim, who has been hospitalized since the Feb. 23 incident, has been moved from Chattanooga to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Rhea County Sheriff’s Office investigator Rocky Potter said Monday. The baby has “made a little bit of progress” and is now out of the intensive care unit, he added.
The girl’s mother has not been publicly identified by law enforcement or charged with any offense, authorities said.