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Judge sets $50,000 bond, GPS monitoring and no-contact order after testimony about children's bruising in Ethan Beard case
Summary
After testimony from an officer and several family members, the court found probable cause on assault and child-endangerment allegations and set bond at $50,000 with GPS monitoring and a no-contact order for defendant Ethan Beard.
Judge David D. Wolfe set bond at $50,000 on a charge package that includes aggravated assault and child endangerment for defendant Ethan Beard, and ordered GPS monitoring and a no-contact order after testimony from Waverly police and multiple family witnesses.
The judge made the ruling after the state called Officer Corey Field of the Waverly Police Department, who described responding to a January 2025 report, forcing entry into a home where two young children were present and observing children with soiled diapers and visible bruising. Officer Field testified that he found a crib or baby gate barricading a door, that a child was yelling inside the residence, and that Beard was located…
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