LONDON, Ky. (WYMT) – A man has been arrested after a Laurel County Sheriff’s Office detective accompanied social services on a complaint of a reported assault on a juvenile.

Roderic Oliver Collins, 51, of London, is facing charges following the incident.

Through an investigation, a sheriff’s office detective determined that Collins had punched a minor in the face, leaving a laceration above her right eye. It was also determined that Collins placed the minor at risk of possible serious injury or death by allowing an unsafe weapon to be in her vicinity.

Collins is charged with 4th degree assault and 1st degree endangerment.

He was taken to the Laurel County Correctional Center.

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