A Joliet attorney has been charged in Grundy County with striking a 4-year-old child with his belt in “a violent manner” in Minooka.

The charges against Chuck Bretz, 67, were filed by Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe’s Office almost three months after Bretz’s arrest in Minooka.

Rowe is serving as a special prosecutor in the case.

The charges allege on Oct. 18, Bretz caused “bodily harm” to a 4-year-old child by striking her “about her body with his belt in a violent manner.”

Bretz faces two counts of domestic battery, a class A misdemeanor that is punishable by up to a year in jail.

Minooka police officers responded to the incident in the 100 block of Mondamin Street, Minooka Police Chief Justin Meyer said.

When officers arrived, they spoke to a witness who alleged she saw Bretz “hitting a young female with a belt,” Meyer said.

“Which was confirmed via video footage,” Meyer said.