RENO COUNTY — A Kansas man is free on bond on a charge of child abuse in what police say was inhuman and cruel corporal punishment.

Hutchinson Police Detective Paul Sack identified the suspect as 27-year-old Michael Rinebold with the suspected abuse involving a 5-year-old boy. The abuse reportedly occurred sometime on Nov. 14, or early morning on Nov. 15.

Police were notified by a local school of the suspected abuse when the child had bruising and abrasions on his face, including a black eye.

Rinebold was able to post a $2,500 bond, so he should appear in court in the next week or so.