Tuesday, January 31, the Lebanon Police Department (LPD) received a call around 12:00 a.m. regarding a one-year-old child with 'suspicious injuries.'

Officials say parents of the child brought the one-year-old to Lebanon Community Hospital before later being transported to Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emmanuel for further care.

Detectives with LPD began an investigation and found that the child was in the care of two adult males, Caden James Waskom, 22, and Todd Allen Daniel Altherr, 35, of Lebanon, when the injuries occurred.

LPD says the injuries to the child corroborated statements detectives obtained during their investigation, leading to the arrest of both Waskom and Altherr.

Both were charged with:

• Assault in the Third Degree
• Criminal Mistreatment

Officials say both were lodged at the Linn County Jail.

LPD says the investigation is ongoing, if anyone has information regarding this case contact Lebanon Police Detective James Glover at 541-258-4326 or Lieutenant Ryan Padua at 541-258-4325.