Crook County man charged with child abuse

Crook County resident Ricky Dean Wilmore faces two felony counts of child abuse after allegedly causing physical injury to a child that was not the result of reasonable corporal punishment.

On January 24 at 9 p.m., a Crook County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a report from the Department of Family Services of a possible case of child abuse involving a child with multiple bruises on various parts of their body.

The deputy observed the bruising on the child and noted that the bruising was of various colors, indicating they were not caused during a single event.

The child was placed in pro...