SALINE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating a suspect for alleged child abuse and battery.

Deputies were sent to a home in the 2600 block of Donmyer Road Saturday after being contacted by a family member, according to Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan.

They found injuries to a 15-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy.

Mark Petitjohn, 47, Solomon, was arrested and jailed on several requested charges including two counts of child abuse, two counts of battery, and one count of criminal threats.

Petitjohn is alleged to have hit the teenagers and threatened to kill them on Thursday.

They were not treated for their injuries.

The injured teenagers and another teenage boy, were removed from the home by deputies and placed in temporary emergency care, according to Soldan.