East Lyme Man, 38, Charged In Connection With Child Abuse Case: Police

EAST LYME, CT — A 38-year-old East Lyme man has been charged in connection with a June child abuse case, according to police.

East Lyme Police Chief Michael Finkelstein said that Friday, officers arrested David Martin on a Superior Court warrant. He said the warrant stems from the continued investigation into child abuse that resulted in the June 7 arrest of Katie Nichols. Finkelstein said that the police investigation revealed that on several occasions Martin was present during incidents in which a child was abused by Nichols, and failed to intervene.

Martin, charged with risk of injury to a child, was released on a $50,000 court-set bond. He's due in court in New London Monday.

Nichols, 36, of East Lyme, was charged in June following an investigation into reported incidents of child abuse and mistreatment, according to police.

She was charged with negligent cruelty to persons and risk of injury to a child, both felonies, and second-degree reckless endangerment, a Class B misdemeanor.

She's been held at Janet S. York Correctional Institution in Niantic on $250,000 bond since her arrest. Nichols pleaded not guilty to the charges, and is due back in court Aug. 23, court records show.

The arrest was the result of an investigation by police and the Department of Children and Families into allegations of child abuse and mistreatment.