Dad "allegedly" shakes 7-month-old daughter for interrupting his video game (Cheyenne, Wyoming)

The headline is misleading. The "alleged" shaker isn't a random "man" or even boyfriend. It's the baby's dad, ROBERT T. SCOTT, who has been charged with shaking his 7-month-old daughter because "her crying disrupted his video game playing." Of course, we hear that Daddy is really a "good kid." Right. He abuses his own infant child till she's "rigid and unconscious" because she "disrupted" his video game. Dad's not a "good kid" in my book. More like a self-centered @$$shole.

But this behavior is, unfortunately, not as rare among male caretakers as you might think. Here are other cases where dad, video games, and a child's needs conflicted:

http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/01/no-father-of-year-awards-for-these-two.html

http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/01/dad-charged-with-shaking-4-month-old.html

http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/01/dad-gets-10-20-years-in-death-of-7.html

http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2009/11/dad-pleads-guilty-to-involuntary.html

http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2009/10/dad-shoots-and-kills-17-year-old-son.html

http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2009/07/caretaking-dad-accused-of-homicide-in.html

http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2010/02/09/news/19local_02-09-10.txt

Man allegedly shakes infant for interrupting his video game

By Michael Van Cassell
mcassell@wyomingnews.com

CHEYENNE -- A local man has been charged on suspicion of shaking his 7-month-old daughter because her crying disrupted his video game playing.

Robert T. Scott, 21, of Cheyenne made his first appearance Monday in Laramie County Circuit Court on a charge of felony aggravated child abuse responsible for physical injury, court documents show.

The crime carries a penalty of up to 25 years in prison, a $10,000 fine or both.

According to documents, doctors at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center called police at about 2:48 a.m. Saturday because a 7-month-old girl had a "brain bleed."

Cheyenne Police Detective Sgt. Rick Wood said the infant could be released in the next few days from Children's Hospital in Denver.

"It's looking like the baby is doing much better," he said.

Robert Scott's father, David Scott, said he has heard from the mother that the baby is OK.

David Scott said his son was scared when he spoke with him Monday morning.

"He's a good kid," David Scott said. "I don't know what happened."

Authorities say Robert T. Scott told them he was watching the girl at his residence in the 1000 block of West Sixth Street, documents show.

Officers said Scott told them the girl was crying, "which was disrupting his video game play on the computer," according to jail records.

"Scott became upset with the infant and put her in her crib," the records show. "When the infant continued to cry, he went back to the infant's crib.

"Scott picked the child up under the arm pits. Scott shook the infant back and forth violently and then dropped her in the crib. Scott left the room."

Court documents show Scott returned to the room to find the infant rigid and unconscious.

He is being held on $30,000 bond at the Laramie County jail.

On Feb. 16, a judge is scheduled to decide if there is enough evidence to order Scott to trial on the charge.