A Penn Township man faces charges after he allegedly held a 2-year-old boy's hand under hot water until the skin peeled from the boy's fingers.
Shane Douglas McKinsey, 31, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of endangering the welfare of children.
As of Tuesday, McKinsey remained in York County Prison on $100,000 bail.
About 7:30 p.m. on June 23, Penn Township Police responded for a report of a 2-year-old boy who had been burned.
Once there, "Police observed the Victim's right hand to have four digits burned with skin sloughing off the fingers, all the way to up to the hand evenly," according to documents.
As the boy was flown by helicopter to the Johns Hopkins Hospital Children's Burn Unit in Baltimore, police started an investigation. They soon learned that McKinsey had been alone with the boy prior to his injuries.
During an interview with police, McKinsey said he brought the victim to the kitchen sink to clean up and play after he spat juice on his toys and the floor.
McKinsey said he left the boy alone with the water on because he had to urinate and that when he came back, the boy's hand was red.
"When confronted with facts about water temperature and burns, the Defendant stated that the original version of events he reported was a lie," documents state.
McKinsey then said when he discovered that the victim had been spitting on his toys and the floor, he picked him up and that the boy then spat in his face.
McKinsey said he "just snapped," taking the victim to the sink, turning on hot water and holding his hand under it. He said he repeatedly held the boy's hand in the water, pulled it out for a brief time and then held it under the water again.
"At some point, the Defendant reported that he saw the skin falling off the Victim's fingers and stopped," documents state.
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