California man accused of breaking infant’s leg
CALIFORNIA 鈥� A California Borough man is in custody on charges he broke his 3-month-old son蘑菇视频 legs and had caused the infant other fractures that physicians labeled a 鈥減attern of abuse,鈥� court documents allege.
District Judge Curtis Thompson arraigned the father, Demetrick Ray Montgomery Sr., 39, Friday in the case, sending him to Washington County jail on $35,000 bail.
Montgomery is accused of initially saying the infant was injured in a fall while he was changing the baby蘑菇视频 diaper prior to 3 p.m. May 17, borough police stated in the affidavit.
The couple decided at that time not to take the child to see a physician, court records indicate.
They noticed about 2:30 a.m. the following day that the child was in serious pain and swelling on his left leg while they both changed his diaper, police said in charging documents.
The swelling and pain had worsened by 5 a.m., and again they did not take him for medical treatment, police said.
They took the child to an express care center associated with Washington Hospital about 4 p.m. that day, and were told the child needed an examination at UPMC Children蘑菇视频 Hospital of Pittsburgh.
They were offered an ambulance, but the parents said they would take the baby to Pittsburgh.
California police later were called to check on the baby after he did not arrive at Children蘑菇视频 in a timely matter, police said.
An officer went to the parent蘑菇视频 residence at 636 Park St. and found them and the child there about 7:15 p.m. The officer said the parents placed the baby in their car and they did not arrive at Children蘑菇视频 until after 9 p.m.
The staff at the hospital told police the fracture could not have been caused by a fall from a lap onto a carpeted floor, the affidavit states.
A further examination revealed the child had fractures in his right ribs and upper right arm, injuries that had already begun to heal, police said.
Eventually the mother admitted to lying about what happened to her son, police allege.
The father admitted to police June 28 to hearing a pop after he grabbed the baby by the leg when he was in sole custody of the infant, court records show.
He is charged with with aggravated assault of a child, endangering the welfare of children and simple assault. The mother has not been charged in the case, online court record show.