Aitkin Man Jailed for Attacking Pregnant Wife

(AP)  An Aitkin man is in jail, accused in the attempted murder of the his wife's unborn child. 

24-year-old Rory Northrup was arrested at his rural Aitkin home late last week and charged with premeditated attempted murder of an unborn child and third-degree assault.  He is accused of kicking and punching his wife in the stomach when he learned she was pregnant.

The woman was taken to a Brainerd hospital where she and the unborn child are expected to recover.

Bail has been set at a half million dollars with no conditions, and $100 thousand with conditions.