A man was arrested Friday after he allegedly assaulted two small boys in Western Kentucky and caused them to suffer brain bleeding, according to authorities.

Deputies with the Hopkins County Sheriff's Office were called to the Quail Run Apartments in Earlington on Thursday for a child abuse complaint, WFIE reported.

The sheriff's office said deputies found two small children who had been assaulted, and the two boys were taken to the hospital.

According to the Hopkins County Sheriff's Office, a 25-year-old man, Caleb Cobb, was watching the children when their mother came home to find them injured.

Additional details on Cobb's relationship to the two boys were not available.

Brandon Burchum told WFIE he is the father of the boys, who are 1 and 2 years old.

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Family members told WFIE that both boys were taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. The 2-year-old boy is in stable condition and is expected to recover from bleeding to his brain, family said.

Burchum said the 1-year-old boy has a "severe brain bleed" and a broken jaw. A neurologist is keeping a close eye on the boy, according to family.

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According to the father, the 1-year-old was moved to a regular hospital room and the breathing tube has been removed.

“Are they going to be okay? Are they dead? I didn’t know anything," Burchum told WFIE regarding his reaction when he received a call about his sons' injuries. "...I was just scared beyond imagination.”

Hopkins County Sheriff's Office deputies told WFIE that Cobb was taken into custody early Friday after he was found hiding in a field in White Plains, a town roughly 11 miles southeast of Earlington, where the boys were found.

Cobb is being held in the Hopkins County Jail and is facing charges of first-degree assault and tampering with physical evidence, according to jail records. He is also facing a failure to appear citation in connection with a separate court case.

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