(KNZA)--A rural Horton man is facing a charge of aggravated battery in the alleged beating of a woman on the Kickapoo Reservation, resulting in the hospitalization of the victim.

38-year-old Elwynn Thomas was arrested Tuesday by the Brown County Sheriff's Office.

Thomas made his first appearance in a Brown County courtroom Thursday.

A preliminary hearing was scheduled for May 1st.

Thomas remains in the Brown County Jail, held on a $250,000 bond.