JACKSON, Wis. -- A Wisconsin man is accused of using an electric shock collar on his 8-year-old stepdaughter.

Gerald Majeres, 34, of Jackson, was charged with felony child abuse.

A criminal complaint said Majeres attached the electric dog collar to his stepdaughter's leg and shocked her because she was eating her breakfast too slowly.

The girl told investigators she cried a lot because it hurt a lot.

A staff member at the girl's school noticed marks on the girl's thigh and contacted police and social services.

Police said the girl's mother threatened to wake up the stepfather if the girl didn't hurry with her breakfast. The mother then did just that and the stepfather got out the electric collar, police said.

The girl's mother reportedly told police that her daughter is a liar, and that she nor the girl's birth father want her anymore. The girl is now in foster care.

Majeres is scheduled to be back in court Oct. 17. He has been ordered to not have contact with the child.