Carl Haner IV was sentenced to 18 months of probation this week during a hearing at the Delaware County Courthouse. Read more Dan Gleiter / The Patriot-News (Custom credit) / Dan Gleiter / The Patriot-News

by Vinny Vella Published Nov. 7, 2025, 2:30 p.m. ET

A Media man who was convicted of assaulting his grandson while attempting to punish the boy was sentenced this week to 18 months of probation.

Carl Haner IV, 69, tearfully professed remorse during a hearing before Delaware County Court Judge Dominic Pileggi, saying he never meant to hurt his grandson, who was 11 at the time.

“I take full responsibility,” Haner said, “for everything.”

In August, a county jury found Haner guilty of simple assault and endangering the welfare of a child for dragging his grandson up the s

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