New Boston Man’s Child Abuse Case Continued To Next Week

A New Boston man’s pre-trial conference has been continued in a child abuse case. 27 year old Bradley Clark faces a Class X aggravated battery count accusing him of squeezing a three-month old infant and causing the child’s ribs to become broken at the spine. Bond remains at $500,000 with a pre-trial date now set for July 10th. He was arrested in May following an investigation by the New Boston Police Department with assistance from the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department and Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.