(KNZA)--A former Horton man charged in Brown County child abuse case has waived his preliminary hearing.

28-year-old Justin Ziegler, currently of Cuba, Missouri, was bound over to Brown County District Court Wednesday  on charges of aggravated battery and felony abuse of a child.

Arraignment was scheduled for September 10th.

Ziegler is accused of beating a child born last year.  The child required hospitalized treatment.

Ziegler was charged in April following an investigation by the Horton Police Department and Brown County Sheriff’s Department.

He remains free on bond.