CHRISTIAN MANCERO - Infant (2007) - New Port Richey (Gulf Coast; NW of Tampa)FL

NEW PORT RICHEY — Christian Mancero wakes up screaming during the night. He has headaches and doesn't understand why.
The
4-year-old suffered severe brain injuries as an infant in 2007, and in
June a jury convicted his father of aggravated child abuse.
Prosecutors said Max Mancero inflicted a "high-velocity impact" on his baby son's head.
Mancero, 26, was sentenced Friday.
Friends
and family talked of the good person he is now who goes out and spreads
his faith. His sister asked that he be given a chance to be a
productive, responsible person.
Mancero, who never acknowledged
any wrongdoing in his son's injuries, testified too, saying he went to
barber school while his case was pending so he could work to support
Christian's ongoing medical care.
"As a father I believe that it is my duty," he told Circuit Judge Mary Handsel.
But then Beatrice Diaz, Christian's mother, spoke.
She said she couldn't stand hearing all the praise heaped on Max Mancero.
"What about Christian?" Diaz asked. "Nobody here has spoken about Christian. My son has suffered for the last four years."
She said she wanted a 15-year prison sentence.
Handsel obliged.
"Everyone
came here to ask for mercy for Max," the judge said. "But this is a
case involving significant injury of a very small child."
Christian
was taken to a St. Petersburg hospital on Sept. 10, 2007 with skull
fractures and bruising on his genitals. He suffered seizures for 24
hours.
Max Mancero, then 22, re-created what he said happened in a
video played for the jury. He felt movement on the bed next to him, and
turned to look as he paused his video game. The baby, he said, "was
already making the last turn to fall off the bed."
That
description contradicted the medical evidence, Assistant State Attorney
Eva Vergos said in the trial. Investigators determined Christian was
slammed against something, leaving a V-shaped crack in his skull. Part
of his brain simply died.


http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/man-convicted-in-abuse-of-4-year-old-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison/1185768

Finally, a Mother and a judge that stood up for the child!

I have been reading these cases for a few weeks and this is the only one I've actually smiled about. Can't you just hear that sperm donor and his family talking him up to the judge about how changed he is, how responsible! Lol. He hasn't even admitted any wrongdoing. Good for them!