His bail may have been reduced, but Correal imposed special bail conditions, which means if Sherman’s bail is posted, he will not be released unless he is taken into the care of a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility...
According to the affidavit, the child had been hit on several locations on his body, had marks on his face, neck, back, abdomen, waist, groin and legs, and told personnel the Sherman had “tied him up.”
The document states the child told police that Sherman used his belt and tied him up, as well as locked him inside a cabinet under the sink.
The document also states that the child demonstrated for police what had happened, saying he was hung by the waist from a bar in the closet which police say is about six feet off the floor.
When asked if he hurt, the child responded “all over,” the document said...
When questioned about the child’s injuries, Sherman told police that it had started as punishment for the child urinating himself, and when the child continued to cry, he hit him, the document said...
Sherman was also questioned about the child having blood in his underwear and responded that he “wasn’t a pedophile and would not touch a child in that manner,” the document said.
At the hospital, police say the child also told officers that he was locked in a closet and told he would have to live there, and was also zipped inside a blue bag and told he would have to stay there.