Sundance man charged with aggravated assault and child abuse

Josh Idler of Sundance faces a series of charges related to reports of violence and abuse, including two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of child abuse.

The allegations come from a series of interviews conducted with a number of alleged victims, which took place on February 27 and concerned incidents that allegedly took place between November, 2019 and February, 2022.

Idler faces two counts of child abuse for allegedly intentionally or recklessly inflicting physical injury on a child under the age of 18 as a person responsible for that child’s welfare, a felony carrying a maximum penalty of ten years of imprisonment, a $10,000 fine or both.

Idler faces two counts of aggravated assault and battery, a felony with the same maximum penalty, for allegedly attempting to push a person out of a moving vehicle and kicking a woman he knew was pregnant.

He also faces two misdemeanor charges of battery: intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causing bodily injury to another by use of physical force.

Idler has also been charged with two misdemeanor counts of unlawful contact: touching another person in a rude, insolent or angry manner without intentionally using sufficient physical force to cause bodily injury to another, for allegedly throwing a shovel at one male victim and hitting a second victim’s head against a truck.

Idler has two previous convictions for child abuse in 2021 and two previous convictions for domestic battery in 2021.