Crime & Safety
Father Shook Baby Till Brain Bled, Leg Broke: Cops
The Park Forest man had been watching the 2-month-old at her mother's Joliet home, police said.
A Park Forest man shook his infant daughter so roughly she suffered bleeding on her brain and a broken leg, police said.
Phillip Davis-Young, 22, was taken into custody Sunday by the Park Forest police. He was carted off to the Will County jail and held for a Tuesday afternoon court appearance.
Davis-Young was watching his 2-month-old daughter at the Asbury Circle Drive home of the baby’s mother on Aug. 30, police said. While at the Joliet residence, he allegedly shook the child and severely injured her.
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The mother took her baby to Presence St. Joseph Medical Center and the child was transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. The infant was treated for a subdural hematoma and a broken femur, police said. The state Department of Children and Family Services was contacted Aug. 31.
The Joliet police obtained a warrant for Davis-Young’s arrest last week. He was charged with the aggravated battery of a child.
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The warrant carries a $500,000 bond.
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