(WSIL) -- Illinois State Police announced a Brookport man has been arrested for aggravated battery of a child.
ISP say Deandre L. Wright, 27 of Brookport, was arrested on Wednesday. The Massac County Sheriff's Office requested ISP investigate serious injuries received by a four year old child at a home in Brookport on July 5. The child was later flown to a regional hospital for life threatening injuries.
After a thorough investigation, Wright, the child's father, was taken into custody and charged with battery of a child.
Wright is currently being held at the Massac County Jail pending a bond hearing.
The investigation is active and ongoing.
