Dad charged with beating 6-week-old son turns himself in to police (Upper Darby, Pennsylvania)

Notice that Daddy "allegedly" assaulted the baby on the very first day that Mom had to return to work.

And yet the "gender neutralists" insist that mom and dad are interchangeable parental units? The evidence doesn't back that up.

Dad is identified as DAMON GARY.

http://www.delconewsnetwork.com/articles/2013/01/07/news_of_delaware_county/news/doc50eafc7592fbb278844438.txt

Upper Darby father who allegedly beat infant son turns himself in to police

Published: Monday, January 07, 2013
By Linda Reilly
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

The father of a newborn baby boy facing assault charges for allegedly beating the 6-week-old infant surrendered to police Thursday night.

Damon Gary, 36, of the first block of South Keystone Avenue, Upper Darby, was arraigned Friday for the alleged assaults causing bruising and bleeding on the brain of the baby.

“He knew we wanted him to come in since Dec. 30 but he wouldn’t come in,” police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said. “I guess he saw his picture in the Daily Times and decided to surrender.”

According to Chitwood, Gary was babysitting his newborn son in mid-December on the first day the mother went back to work after having the baby.

“When she came home her son was in a rocking seat and she noticed his lips were swollen, his left eye was bloody and had bruises on his left cheek,” Chitwood said. “She took him to the doctor and was sent to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. We received the call Dec. 14 from the hospital.

“It looks like the child was beaten. At any age it’s horrible to beat a child but at 6 weeks old it’s heinous. When the mother left for work the baby was OK. The doctors determined the baby had old and new blood on the brain and the new blood was from trauma.”

Criminal Investigator Dustin Clark contacted CHOP Medical Doctor of Child Abuse Pediatrics Samantha Schilling, who advised of injuries the baby suffered.

“The infant had several superficial abrasions on his left cheek, swollen and purple hematomas on his lips and three finger-shaped contusions on his left shoulder,” Clark wrote in the affidavit citing the additional hemorrhage of the left eye and a right frontal hematoma on the brain.”

Gary was arraigned on charges of simple assault and recklessly endangering another person and felony charges of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of children.

Magisterial District Judge Robert Radano set bail at 10 percent of $100,000 pending a preliminary hearing Jan. 14 in district court.