Dad charged with assault for stabbing, choking 8-month-old daughter (Waterbury, Connecticut)

Father ORLANDO FIGUEROA has been charged with assault for stabbing and choking his 8-month-old daughter. The baby is in critical condition. Daddy was apparently aggravated that maybe, just maybe, Mom was involved with someone else (gosh, why would she want to be involved with anybody but this petty jealous freak who attacks his own kid out of his own overblown sense of entitlement?).

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Police: Dad Stabbed, Choked Baby
Man Assaulted Baby As Retaliation, Police Say
POSTED: 12:34 pm EDT July 24, 2009
UPDATED: 12:51 pm EDT July 24, 2009

WATERBURY, Conn. -- A man was arrested after police said he stabbed and choked his 8-month-old daughter in Waterbury early Friday morning.

The child was taken to St. Mary's Hospital and then airlifted to Connecticut Children's Medical Center, where she was listed in critical condition Friday afternoon.

The baby's father, Orlando Figueroa, 35, is accused in the child's assault.

Police said Figueroa told police that he assaulted the child as retaliation to his girlfriend, the baby's mother. Police said Figueroa told police he suspected that the mother was involved in a relationship with another man.

The couple also has an 18-month-old child who was uninjured, police said.

Figueroa was charged with criminal attempt at murder and two counts of risk of injury to a minor.

Figueroa was being held on $1 million bond and was scheduled for arraignment on Monday.