Elizabethtown man arrested in infant abuse investigation

A Hardin County man has been arrested as part of a criminal abuse investigation.

Zachary Foster of Elizabethtown was arrested and charged under the Kentucky Revised Statute for Criminal Abuse First Degree – Child 12 or Under.

According to the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, on October 28 detectives with the office’s Criminal Investigations Division responded to a report of suspected physical abuse involving an infant. The detectives immediately began an investigation in conjunction with Child Protective Services. Over the next two weeks, investigators conducted interviews with the parents and medical professionals regarding injuries sustained by the infant, which the sheriff’s office described as “significant”.

Foster is scheduled to appear in a preliminary hearing on November 21. The sheriff’s office’s investigation is ongoing.