Hiawatha Man Arrested After 9 Year Old Hit in the Eye With Belt

Police say a man assaulted a 9-year-old with a belt and inadvertently hit him in the eye, fracturing a bone and necessitating surgery to prevent possible blindness in his eye. 36 year old Travis Sumner Sr. of Hiawatha was arrested Monday on a warrant charging child endangerment with serious bodily injury. A report says police responded at about noon Monday to a residence on Rhomberg Avenue after receiving a report of a disturbance between a juvenile and an adult. They found the boy — Sumner’s son — with a swollen-shut eye and other injuries and he was taken by ambulance to MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center.