POLICE: Criminal Charges Pending In Injury Incident of 1-Year Old Boy

By  //  May 20, 2015

medical findings determined injuries were inflicted

Cocoa police officers responded to an apartment at 800 N. Fiske Boulevard on Tuesday at about 1:45 p.m. and discovered an unresponsive 1-year old child.
Preliminary medical findings have determined that the 1-year old child’s injuries were inflicted, not accidental in Tuesday’s incident, according to Cocoa Police Public Information Officer Barbara Matthews.

UPDATE: MAY 20, 2015

Preliminary medical findings have determined that the 1-year old child’s injuries were inflicted, not accidental in Tuesday’s incident, according to Cocoa Police Public Information Officer Barbara Matthews.

According to Officer Matthews, criminal charges are pending.

The 1-year old boy remains in critical condition.

Police are interviewing family members and witnesses, and investigators are working on the time-line of when the child’s injuries occurred.

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ORIGINAL STORY: May 19, 2015

Cocoa Police, Medical Personnel Aid Unresponsive 1-Year Old Child

BREVARD COUNTY • COCOA, FLORIDA – Cocoa police officers answered a call at an apartment at 800 N. Fiske Boulevard on Tuesday at about 1:45 p.m. and discovered an unresponsive 1-year old child.

According to Cocoa Police Public Information Officer Barbara Matthews, officers arrived on scene and assisted with CPR until medical personnel arrived and transported the child to Wuesthoff hospital.

The child is currently in critical condition. Once the child is stabilized, he will be transported to Nemours Hospital in Orlando.

According to Officer Matthews, the child was home with mother’s boyfriend at the time of the call, and at this time, both the child’s mother and the boyfriend are cooperating with the police.

There is one additional child in the home.

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