MEDFORD, Ore. -- A 46-year-old Medford man is in jail, accused of striking his teenage daughter's ankle with a hammer so he could use the pain pills she would receive.

Authorities say Robert Cisero drove his daughter to the Providence Hospital parking lot where he struck her in the ankle with a hammer.

He then told hospital doctors the bruises on his daughter's ankle were from a skating accident. About a month later, the daughter told someone else what actually happened and that person contacted police.

Medford Police Detective Sergeant Mike Budreau says Cisero is addicted to pain medication - and has been for some time. Budreau says Cisero has a criminal history stretching back to the early 1990s.