GUERNSEY COUNTY, Ohio --



A Guernsey County man is accused of putting his 3-year-old child in a clothes dryer and running it as a form punishment.

Deputies arrested 40-year-old Jamial Bayly, of Cambridge, on charges of child endangerment Sunday. Bayly posted bond and was released the same day.

Sheriff Mike McCauley said he didn't think that was a stiff enough penalty and called the allegations "very disturbing."

For now, the office is dropping the misdemeanor child endangerment charge and is working to file a charge of felony domestic violence.

Officials said it's not the first time Bayly was charged with domestic violence.  He was convicted on a domestic violence charge in 1999 involving an incident with his then 5-year-old child.

"Under Ohio law, if there's a prior conviction of domestic violence, then the secondary, third possible charges should probably all be a felony. In this case, we're filing that felony charge," McCauley said.

Officials did not release the location of where the most recent alleged abuse took place and McCauley said the 3-year-old child did not have any apparent injuries at the time. The sheriff said an investigation is ongoing and Guernsey County Children Services has been contacted to conduct follow-up medical exams.


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