A 20-year-old Brockton man is being held on $100,000 cash bail after his arraignment Tuesday for what authorities say was
a brutal, physical assault on his own baby daughter.
Jesse Rosa was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of assault and battery on a child with substantial injury resulting.
The baby, now just 4 months old, was found to have suffered
fractures to both of her legs, elbows, clavicles (collarbone) and a rib, according to Gregg Miliote, spokesman for the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office.
Miliote said the attacks on little
Jayla Rosa occurred “over various stages” of time. He said the DA’s office initiated the arrest after having conducted “an extensive” 10-day investigation.
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He said that the baby’s mother, whose name has not yet been made public, brought her baby to Morton Hospital and Medical Center, where a call was made to the state’s Department of Children and Families, who in turn contacted the DA’s office.
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Both the baby and her 4-year-old brother have since been placed under DCS care and custody, he said. A spokeswoman at Morton Hospital would not comment on the girl having possibly been a patient there.
No charges so far have been lodged against the mother, but Rosa could face additional charges, said Miliote, who added that each count of assault and battery on a child with substantial injury resulting carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in state prison.
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