Baby Blinded After Being Shaken by Father
On January - 4 - 2014
Buffalo resident Alex Mercado has been arrested and charged after shaking his three month old baby so viciously that the child went blind. Buffalo, New York police say Mercado’s shaking caused bleeding around his son’s brain, bruising on his ribs, substantial pain, and blindness. Mercado is now being charged with reckless assault on a child and second degree assault. The child’s mother is also listed on the police report, but she has not been charged with any offenses. READ MORE HERE
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