NATHAN NADZEIKA - 4 weeks - Mashpee MA

A 43-year-old Mashpee woman accused of seriously
assaulting her 4-week-old baby boy — including flailing him around the
room while holding onto his leg — was arraigned in Falmouth District
Court yesterday.
Kirsi Nadzeika of 11
Periwinkle Lane was charged with domestic assault and battery, two
counts of assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest,
and assault and battery on a child with injury, after police found her
assaulting and attempting to smother her son, Nathan Nadzeika. The child was "significantly injured," the court documents state, and Nadzeika has a "prior record of violence."
According to court documents, Nadzeika was under the influence of alcohol and cocaine at the time of the alleged assault.
A spokesman from the Mashpee Fire Department said the baby was taken to
Falmouth Hospital, but his condition was not known. A spokeswoman from
Cape Cod Healthcare said the child was taken to another facility, but
that could not be confirmed last night.
According to Police Chief Rodney Collins, officers were called to a domestic
disturbance involving a child at Nadzeika's home at 12:59 a.m.
yesterday. When they arrived, officers Ollie Naas and Ralph Mahoney
heard screaming and entered the house.
In the kitchen, they found Leslie Brown, later identified as Nadzeika's
boyfriend, on the kitchen floor trying to restrain a partially nude
Nadzeika, who was holding the baby boy, Collins said. Furniture was
overturned, and the floor was littered with household items.
The officers told Brown to step away from her, which he did, Collins said.
They saw that the baby was bleeding from the mouth and had multiple
injuries to his body. The officers told Nadzeika to move away from the
baby, but she refused, according to the police, and tried to smother
him.
The officers struggled with Nadzeika, Collins said. She squeezed the baby's right leg and stood up, flailing
the baby's body around with "great force." Mahoney pried the baby free
and Naas stopped him from hitting the ground.
Nadzeika continued to resist arrest, Collins said. She yelled Latin and religious phrases and told Mahoney he was "the devil."
Nadzeika had allegedly consumed wine and cocaine, according to court documents.
Collins said that he could not immediately comment on how that was
determined but said that she was obviously "high."
"Obviously it was an intense situation," Collins said. "The officers showed
tremendous restraint and did a commendable job in an unfortunate set of
circumstances."
Nadzeika has a record of convictions and 10 aliases, court documents state. She also has a
history of not showing up for court appearances.
She was held on $100,000 cash bail at the Barnstable County Correctional
Facility. She is scheduled for a Nov. 10 pretrial conference.

A 4-week-old baby boy who was rescued from his
allegedly abusive mother by Mashpee police Monday was listed in good
condition at Children's Hospital yesterday, according to a source with
knowledge of the situation.
Nathan Nadzeika is in the custody of the state's Department of Children and Families, the source said.The
baby was freed from the grasp of his mother, Kirsi Nadzeika, by Mashpee
police who responded to a domestic disturbance call at her Periwinkle
Lane home and reportedly found her swinging the baby around by his leg.
Police confirmed yesterday that the baby had bite marks on his body. They said
pipes used to smoke crack cocaine and empty wine glasses were found at
the home and that Nadzeika, 43, could face more charges.
Police officers entered the house around 1 a.m. Monday after hearing
screaming, Mashpee Police Chief Rodney Collins said. They saw Nadzeika
holding the baby, who was bleeding from his mouth and had injuries to
his body, including a bite mark on a leg, on the kitchen floor.
Nadzeika's boyfriend, Leslie Brown, was on the floor allegedly trying
to restrain her. Officers also saw Nadzeika try to smother the child,
Collins said.
Nadzeika was high on cocaine and under the influence of alcohol at the time and fought police as
they tried to arrest her, Collins and court records said.Brown told
police Nadzeika had been smoking crack cocaine.
Nadzeika was arraigned Monday in Falmouth District Court, charged with domestic
assault and battery, two counts of assault and battery on a police
officer, resisting arrest, and assault and battery on a child with
injury. She is being held on $100,000 cash bail at the Barnstable
County Correctional Facility in Bourne.