WILTON – A Wilton man was charged Thursday with assaulting a child under 6 years old.
The arrest of Walter A. Nichols, 47, came after Police Chief Wayne Gallant investigated a report from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Nichols is accused of assaulting the child Wednesday, according to Gallant.
The child was not seriously injured, he said.
Assault on a child that young is a felony under Maine law.
In the interest of protecting the child’s identity, Gallant could not reveal the man’s relationship to the child, nor who filed the complaint with the department.
Nichols was taken to the Franklin County Jail on Thursday afternoon and released on $5,000 unsecured bail, according to jail records.
He is scheduled to appear in district court May 25.
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