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Cd’A man charged with child abuse, animal cruelty

by KAYE THORNBRUGH
Staff Writer | February 19, 2026 1:00 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — A man accused of choking and tying up a child is in jail on $100,000 bail. 

Michael J. Stern, 63, of Coeur d’Alene, is charged with three counts of injury to a child, one a felony and two misdemeanors. He’s also charged with cruelty to animals and resisting or obstructing officers, both misdemeanors. Because he has multiple previous felony convictions, he also faces a habitual offender enhancement.

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