Babysitting dad accused of assaulting 5-month-old daughter for crying (Covington, Tennessee)

Dad ROBERT DANIEL BRASCH is out of jail because he confessed to "putting" the baby in the hospital. Why does he get out for that?

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Father accused of shaking, hospitalizing baby
Submitted by Jamel Major
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012, 10:24pm

MEMPHIS, TN-

(WMC-TV) – A Covington father is out of jail after he confessed to investigators that he put his own baby in the hospital.

The five-month-old baby is recovering at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. Doctors are running tests to determine the extent of her injuries while investigators try to learn more about what happened to her.

Robert Daniel Brasch, 23, of Ripley, TN, is charged with aggravated child abuse after he told authorities he shook his daughter because she would not stop crying.

"He's the biological father," said Donna Turner, of the Tipton County Sheriff's Office. "The mother was away. That was not uncommon for the biological father to baby sit the child."

Investigators said Brasch told the child's mother the infant had fallen off the couch while he was caring for the child.

"When the mother got home, she noticed the child was acting differently," Turner said.

The mother took the child to a hospital in Covington and then the baby girl was then airlifted to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.

Doctors there determined the child's injuries were not consistent with a simple fall from a couch.

Authorities said Brasch later confessed to shaking the infant.

"For anyone to be injured, especially a child at this tender age and the injuries you historically see in these types of cases can result in permanent damage that can affect the child, obviously for the rest of her life," Turner said.

Brasch is out of jail on $5,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in Tipton County General Sessions Court on February 14.

Investigators are not releasing the baby's condition at this time.