A North Carolina man has been arrested in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and accused of improper behavior with two small children he is related to.
Mark Stanley, 60, was visiting relatives for the holidays at a house on Luce Lane, about a half-mile from the sheriff鈥檚 office and the courthouse, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff鈥檚 Office said in a statement Thursday.
Early Sunday, he was found unclothed from the waist down in a room with two children, ages 2 and 3, by the children鈥檚 father, who had come into the room to check on them, the sheriff鈥檚 office said.
When the children鈥檚 father asked Stanley what he was doing, the sheriff’s office said, Stanley pushed him out of the room and locked the door.
The children鈥檚 father forced his way into the room and beat Stanley, inflicting what the sheriff鈥檚 office called severe injuries to his face. A shows his face badly swollen from the beating.
When the deputies showed up, they found the children鈥檚 father coming at Stanley with a gun, which he dropped when the deputies ordered him to.
Stanley was treated at a hospital for his injuries.
He鈥檚 being held without bond at the Rappahannock Regional Jail and has been charged with two counts of indecent liberties and one count of domestic assault.
The children were taken to a hospital to be evaluated; their father has not been charged.
