A 10-year-old Minneapolis boy took refuge in his family's oven after prosecutors say he was beaten and burned by his father. Then the man allegedly turned up the heat.

Hennepin County prosecutors have charged William T. Hurley with malicious punishment of a child. Bail is set at $18,000. Hurley was in jail Tuesday and was unavailable for comment.

The criminal complaint says that when police arrived at an apartment Friday the boy told officers Hurley had punched him, hit him with an extension cord and burned him with an iron.

Then he hid in the oven. He got out when it started to get warm.

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Officers observed marks and burns on the boy's body and they report that as they were interviewing the child Hurley said he had "whooped" the boy and he would get another.

The boy was taken to a hospital.

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Information from: Star Tribune, http://www.startribune.com