Idler jailed for child abuse, assault

Josh Idler of Sundance has been jailed on charges of child abuse and aggravated assault and battery.

Judge James Michael Causey weighed arguments from either side before finding that the sentence that was recommended in Idler's plea agreement should be imposed.

In that agreement, Idler admitted to two felony charges of child abuse and one of aggravated assault and battery. The first two involved pushing minors under the age of 18 into a bathtub, causing injury, and the latter charge involved intentionally kicking his wife, who he knew was pregnant.

In return, the state dropped several addition...