An 18-year-old North Platte man has been charged with felony assault after he allegedly beat down a North Platte juvenile over text messages sent to his girlfriend.

On Saturday at around 12:37 a.m., deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Emergency Room at Great Plains Regional Medical Center on the report of an assault.

A male juvenile was receiving treatment in the ER for serious injuries to the face and jaw.

The juvenile told deputies that he had been at a cabin in the Prairie Lake Boat Club at Lake Maloney, when he was assaulted.  He told deputies he had sent several text messages to a young female, and her boyfriend, Tyler Bornsen, took offense to it.

Bornsen allegedly sent a text message back to the juvenile telling him that he was going to assault him.  Deputies say Bornsen then went to the cabin, confronted the victim, punched him in the head and face multiple times and left.

Medical staff at GPRMC advised deputies that the victim had fractures to the face that could not be treated at their facility.  He was transported by ambulance to a Denver, Colo. hospital for treatment.

After speaking to the victim, deputies located Bornsen and spoke to him about the incident.  Investigators say Bornsen remorsefully admitted to the assault, and verified that the incident occurred because of the text messages the victim sent to his girlfriend.

Bornsen was placed under arrest and charged with felony first degree assault.  He was jailed at the Lincoln County Detention Center.

Deputies say the investigation is ongoing.  No further details of the victim’s condition were released.