GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Greenville County deputies said that a Taylors man beat his 4-year-old son, causing his brain to bleed.

Jamille Hardy, 41, was charged with abuse inflicting great bodily injury upon a child.

According to an arrest warrant, Hardy's foster son was taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital on Sunday. A doctor there determined that the boy had suffered a hard blow to the head, which caused his brain to bleed. The warrant said that Hardy threw his foster son to the floor.

The warrant also stated that the boy had suffered fresh contusions from his upper chest to his knees.

Investigators said that Hardy told them that he was having a hard time getting the boy to eat so he spanked him a few times. They also said that Hardy admitted to pushing the boy to the ground when he tried to run away from him. He said that was when the boy became unconscious.

The doctor did not know to what extent the brain bleed would affect the child's development, according to the arrest warrant.

Hardy was being held at the Greenville County Detention Center with no bond.

The boy was listed in critical condition at GMH.