SYRACUSE — A Syracuse man is facing charges after punching a woman and fracturing her jaw before punching an autistic minor in the collarbone.

Ervin A. Starrett Jr., 51, 2701 E. Bucher Drive, Syracuse, is being charged with battery causing serious bodily injury, a level 5 felony, and battery committed against a person with mental disability by a person having the care of the person, a level 6 felony.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, an officer with the Kosciusko Sheriff’s Department responded to a battery at Starrett’s residence in Syracuse on June 18.

Upon arrival the officer spoke with a female victim. The victim stated she had spent the day with Starrett at “the lake” and when they returned to the residence Starrett became violent.

The affidavit states that Starrett punched the women in her face, knocking out some of her teeth. She was later diagnosed at Goshen Hospital with a fractured right jaw bone.

The woman advised that a minor who was present tried to help her get away and Starrett punched the child in the collarbone. The minor has been diagnosed as autistic.

The officer was able to observe redness on the child’s collarbone from being hit.

Starrett was arrested June 18 and is currently being held at the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department on $11,000 bond.