A Foley man is facing multiple charges after investigators say he used a taser on a 9-month-old child and stealing his grandparents’ identities to open fraudulent credit accounts.

According to the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, investigators learned in early January that 28-year-old Alec Gregory Dvorak had been opening the fraudulent accounts using his grandparents information.

Several days of investigation determined Dvorak had enriched himself by obtaining several thousand dollars through those phony accounts.

It was also learned Dvorak had been verbally threatening and abusing his grandparents over the course of several months. That information, coupled with the identity theft, led to charges of financial exploitation of the elderly and 3rd-degree elderly abuse/neglect.

When deputies arrested Dvorak on those charges on Jan. 9, they found methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in his possession, and a 9-month-old child was in the vehicle with him. The child was turned over to a family member, who reported finding “strange” marks on the child.

After interviews and medical examinations, it was determined at least some of the marks on the child were burns and that they came from a stun gun, or taser, that investigators say Dvorak used to threaten and assault the child.

A warrant was issued to search Dvorak’s residence for the taser, but deputies did not initially locate the weapon. They learned, however, the Dvorak girlfriend, 22-year-old Destini Faith Ott, had attempted to dispose of the taser by tossing it out along County Road 12 in Baldwin County.

By Jan. 11, investigators had located the taser. Examinations by investigators and medical personnel determined the shape and spacing of the probes matched the electronic burns found on the 9-month-old.

Dvorak was charged with three counts of willful torture/abuse of a child, chemical endangerment of a child and two counts of identity theft. Ott was charged with tampering with physical evidence.

The sheriff’s office says the case remains under investigation.

Dvorak remains in the Baldwin County Jail under bond totaling $1.55 million, including $500,000 for each count of torture/willful abuse of a child.