PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (WFLA) — A person was arrested after a hospital reported him to authorities when a three-month-old was admitted to them after sustaining extreme accidents.
On March 29, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Workplace detectives had been dispatched to HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital to research a suspected little one abuse case involving an toddler.
In line with the sheriff’s workplace, medical personnel on the HCA had notified them after discovering accidents on the toddler that had been in line with latest and previous trauma.
The accidents recognized by hospital workers included damaged and healed rib fractures, a healed fracture of the kid’s left decrease leg, and an acute torsion fracture of the precise higher arm.
Detectives mentioned that as a result of severity of those accidents, the toddler was transferred to St. Mary’s Medical Heart for additional analysis and therapy.
Following an in depth investigation, on Friday, an arrest warrant was issued for James Longendyck, 33, for aggravated little one abuse inflicting nice bodily hurt.
“Harming a defenseless little one is inexcusable,” mentioned Sheriff Richard Del Toro. “In case you hurt a toddler or prey on essentially the most susceptible in St. Lucie County, you can be held accountable. Our deputies will discover you; they may arrest you, and you’ll face the total power of the regulation.”
The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Workplace arrested Longendyck and booked him into the St. Lucie County Jail with a $50,000,000 bond.
