Lakeville Man Throws Drinking Glass at Son, Faces Assault Charges

The father of a 14-year-old Lakeville boy is in jail and facing charges for assault and malicious punishment of a child, after throwing a drinking glass at the boy on Jan. 30.

Gorge Armando Gonzalez, 31, also of Lakeville, is still in Dakota County jail today, in lieu of $45,000 bail. His son needed 20 stitches to his ear, according to a criminal complaint filed with the Dakota County Attorney’s Office on Feb. 1. The boy may also have a perforated eardrum, and could have hearing loss as a result of the incident, the complaint says.

The boy told Lakeville Police this isn’t the first time his father has assaulted him, according to the complaint. The boy said he has been “pushed around and hit” by Gonzalez before.

According to the complaint, Gonzalez told the boy not to tell anyone what happened because “he might go to prison.”

The boy’s mother, who was not identified in the complaint, came home from work around 8:30 p.m. and brought the boy to the hospital.

The charges state the incident occurred, in part, because Gonzalez was irritated he was woken up for dinner. While eating, Gonzalez was belligerent, eventually tossing the boy’s cell phone and bread from his dinner down the stairs. When the boy retrieved the items and came back up stairs, that when the complaint says Gonzalez threw a glass cylinder at the boy.

The boy told police there was a large amount of gushing blood coming from his ear and blood was all over the floor. The bleeding continued for two to three hours after the incident, the complaint says.