ERIE, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A woman used her 4-week-old baby as a weapon in a domestic dispute, swinging the infant through the air and striking her boyfriend with the child, authorities said.
The baby boy was in serious but stable condition Monday at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh, police said.
"Never, never, never. I can never remember anything like this," District Attorney Bradley Foulk told the Erie Times-News.
Chytoria Graham, 27, of Erie, was charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and simple assault. She was held Monday in the Erie County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bail.
The infant, whose name was not released, suffered a fractured skull and some bleeding in the brain, authorities said. His head hit Graham's boyfriend, the baby's father, police Lt. Dan Spizarny said.
Authorities removed four other children from Graham's home and placed them with the Erie County Office of Children and Youth, Foulk said.
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This is wrong on so many levels. This must be one of the dumbest people in the world. Firstly, What kind of woman would even consider using her baby as a tool of destruction? At 4 weeks old, a baby can't even support its head. It's still at a "don't-breath-on-me-too-hard" stage of vulnerability. Next : How does a 4-week-old baby make a good weapon? It's not sharp and too soft to count as a blunt weapon. Granted, anything swung fast enough is a weapon, but if you can accelerate something fast enough, why use a baby? There'll probably be lag time as the head completes the trajectory anyway. Also : If the baby lives through this and grows up he can say "Yeah, I beat up my old man once when I was 4 weeks old". Wow. And how does anger overcome maternal instincts? Even with post-natal depression it shouldn't be close.
This woman should be spending an awfully long time in prison. I don't care what kind of bastard your boyfriend is, using an infant as a weapon is both cruel and ineffective.
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