NORWICH – A Norwich father charged with assaulting a toddler a day before she died in hospital has been sent to jail without bail and is currently on parole for making meth in the City of Norwich in 2016.

Devan Ellsworth, 28, of Norwich, was arrested at about 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, after police received a 911 call about a domestic incident. After responding police reported finding his 18-month-old daughter, Delaney, with injuries to her face and head.

Ellsworth, was charged with second-degree assault, a class D felony, and endangering the welfare of a child, a class A misdemeanor, immediately following the incident and was remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility.

He pleaded not guilty Monday and the Chenango County Public Defender's Office was assigned his case.

Court officials confirmed a twin sibling was not reported injured in the incident, but Delaney was transported to Chenango Memorial Hospital by Norwich ambulance and then to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse where she died the following night, Aug. 27.