Dad charged with battering 3-month-old son (McDonough, Georgia)

Dad is identified as DOMINIQUE PAYNE.

http://www.henryherald.com/news/2013/jan/09/father-charged-shaken-baby-case/

Father charged in shaken baby case

Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Henry Herald

By Kathy Jefcoats

MCDONOUGH — A McDonough man has been charged with aggravated battery for allegedly hurting his infant son in a shaken baby incident just before Christmas.

Dominique Payne, 24, of Mandalay Parkway is being held in the Henry County Jail on $25,000 bond on charges of aggravated battery and first degree child cruelty, both under the Family Violence Act. He made his first appearance in Henry County Magistrate Court Tuesday morning.

Chief Judge Robert Godwin set his preliminary hearing for Jan. 29.

Henry County police said Payne's 3-month-old son was taken to Piedmont Henry Medical Center Dec. 22 with traumatic head injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome. The baby was transferred to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston Christmas Eve where he was admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Doctors discovered the baby suffered traumatic brain injury and fractures in both shinbones, said police. Doctors told police the fractures are common in non-accidental traumatic injury.

If Payne makes bond, Godwin ordered he have no contact with his son.