"Newborn John" MARTINEZ - 1 Month - Ft Pierce FL

FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- Police
arrested 19-year-old Mikey Martinez on charges of aggressively beating a
1-month-old child. Martinez is charged with attempted first murder and
aggravated child abuse.


Authorities say the child, who was born in August, is now recovering
at St. Mary's Hospital. His injuries include two skull fractures, and
his condition is unknown.

Hospital employees at St. Lucie Medical Center, where the child was originally being treated, alerted police to the abuse.

Police say Martinez caused the injuries by punching the child in the
head, using his fists in a hammer motion to hit his own child.

Martinez is being held in the St. Lucie County Jail without bond.


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FORT PIERCE - A father told police that he punched his 1-month old
son several times to get the infant to stop crying, according to an
arrest affidavit.
The father, Mikey Martinez, 20, 345 E.
Weatherbee Road, Lot 96, Fort Pierce, was arrested Sept. 28 by the Fort
Pierce Police Department and charged with attempted first-degree murder
and aggravated child abuse.
Information on the condition of the
infant, who was sent to St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in West Palm
Beach, was not available.
An initial examination at St. Lucie
Medical Center showed the child had several bruises on the side of his
head, two skull fractures and bleeding on the brain, besides suffering
from pneumonia, the arrest affidavit said.
Police arrested the
father after the mother told authorities that he had "hit the infant
several times in the head," the report said. "The mother also explained
that the defendant held the infant's head underneath cold running water
in an attempt to get the child to stop crying," the report said.
When
arrested, Mr. Martinez, "immediately began to cry and stated, 'I didn't
mean to, I have ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and
it's my first baby," the arrest affidavit stated.
During a
subsequent interview, Mr. Martinez admitted that he struck "the infant
with a closed fist on three occasions ... ," the report said.
The
father told authorities that he made several attempts to comfort the
child, who would still not stop crying, the report said.
"After
hours of the crying, the defendant stated that he removed the infant
from his crib, took him into the living room and placed his son on his
chest," the report said. "When this did not stop the infant from crying,
the defendant explained that he hit the child with a closed fist on the
top of the head. The defendant then went on to show me how he clinched
his fist and used it like a hammer to make a downward strike on the top
of his infant's head."
The father told police that he knew he was
hitting child hard enough to kill him, during the first hit and
subsequent ones over a period of several hours, the report said.
It
was only after striking the child the third time that the father
decided to seek medical care for the infant, the arrest affidavit said.
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