Dakota Valkyrie
November 21st, 2008, 10:13 PM
http://i34.tinypic.com/250nj0h.jpgIn the midst of a fight with her brother, Amanda Arthur picked up a car seat and tossed it out the door of her apartment.
The 5-month-old baby boy strapped into the seat suffered only scrapes and bruises, mainly to his face, Detective Jeffrey Bukunt said.
The boy was treated at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center after the incident late Wednesday morning and then released to his father.
Arthur, 19, was charged with second-degree assault, a felony punishable by a maximum of 3-1/2 to seven years in prison. She is being held at the Hillsborough County Department of Corrections in lieu of $5,000 cash or surety bail and is due in court Dec. 2.
Arthur had previously been charged with a misdemeanor domestic violence assaults, for allegedly pushing and striking her mother in the face with a plastic bottle Aug. 3. That case was continued to Aug. 25, 2009 pending Arthur's good be behavior. (Guess that one is down the tubes)
Arthur got into an argument and fight with her brother around 11 a.m. Wednesday, in her home. Arthur's brother lives next door, in an adjacent apartment.
The baby was sleeping, strapped into his car seat while they fought, and at some point Arthur told her brother to leave. She then picked up the car seat, opened the door to her apartment, and tossed the baby out into the hallway, where he landed face down. The boy doesn't appear to have been severely injured, however, Bukunt said.
"It does appear to just be the abrasions to the face. The infant was treated and released," Bukunt said.
Police were already on their way, as Arthur's boyfriend had left to call them after Arthur and her brother began fighting. Arthur's mother also was in the apartment at the time, and witnessed the alleged assault.
Nashua Police Det. Phillip Nichols interviewed Arthur at the police station. Arthur told Nichols she picked up the car seat and placed in it the hallway and may have kicked it later during the altercation with her brother, causing it to turn over.
It's not clear what prompted the fight between brother and sister, Bukunt said. Witnesses told police they fight often, he said.http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081121/NEWS01/311219914
The 5-month-old baby boy strapped into the seat suffered only scrapes and bruises, mainly to his face, Detective Jeffrey Bukunt said.
The boy was treated at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center after the incident late Wednesday morning and then released to his father.
Arthur, 19, was charged with second-degree assault, a felony punishable by a maximum of 3-1/2 to seven years in prison. She is being held at the Hillsborough County Department of Corrections in lieu of $5,000 cash or surety bail and is due in court Dec. 2.
Arthur had previously been charged with a misdemeanor domestic violence assaults, for allegedly pushing and striking her mother in the face with a plastic bottle Aug. 3. That case was continued to Aug. 25, 2009 pending Arthur's good be behavior. (Guess that one is down the tubes)
Arthur got into an argument and fight with her brother around 11 a.m. Wednesday, in her home. Arthur's brother lives next door, in an adjacent apartment.
The baby was sleeping, strapped into his car seat while they fought, and at some point Arthur told her brother to leave. She then picked up the car seat, opened the door to her apartment, and tossed the baby out into the hallway, where he landed face down. The boy doesn't appear to have been severely injured, however, Bukunt said.
"It does appear to just be the abrasions to the face. The infant was treated and released," Bukunt said.
Police were already on their way, as Arthur's boyfriend had left to call them after Arthur and her brother began fighting. Arthur's mother also was in the apartment at the time, and witnessed the alleged assault.
Nashua Police Det. Phillip Nichols interviewed Arthur at the police station. Arthur told Nichols she picked up the car seat and placed in it the hallway and may have kicked it later during the altercation with her brother, causing it to turn over.
It's not clear what prompted the fight between brother and sister, Bukunt said. Witnesses told police they fight often, he said.http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081121/NEWS01/311219914