Lake Villa man pleads not guilty to child endangerment

A Lake Villa man charged with a pair of misdemeanors after his 4-month-old son was attacked by a dog pleaded not guilty Monday in Lake County circuit court.

Robert Schultz, 25, of 810 Eaton Lane, faces up to a year in jail if convicted of child endangerment and domestic battery.

Police said Schultz brought the infant with him on Nov. 4 when he went to visit his girlfriend in Waukegan.

The infant was sleeping on a couch in the apartment and the two adults were sleeping in another room, police said, when the girlfriend's dachshund bit the child several times.

Schultz and the woman awoke to the child's screams and called for an ambulance.

The boy remains in stable condition in Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. The dog is in the care of animal control officials.

State's attorney's officials said Schultz was charged with criminal offenses in the incident because he left the child unattended with the animal for an extended period of time.

Associate Judge David Brodsky ordered Schultz, who is free from custody on a signature bond, to appear in court again Jan. 7 for a pretrial conference.