SANDY — A 41-year-old Sandy man is facing a criminal charge accusing him of using a stick to punish his young son for not eating fast enough.

The man was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with aggravated child abuse, a first-degree felony.

A 10-year-old boy told investigators that, in September, he was eating dinner when his father “told him he ‘had three minutes to finish eating.’ (The boy) said (his father) told him that if he didn’t finish in that time, he would ‘spank (him),'” according to charging documents.

The boy didn’t finish in three minutes and was spanked. A timer was then set for two more minutes, and the boy was told to keep eating, the charges state. When he didn’t finish again, he was spanked a second time.

“(The father) then set the timer for one minute and told (hi

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