"Newborn John" ROBEY - 2 Months - Santa Ana CA

SANTA ANA, Calif. --     Orange County prosecutors say a woman who suspected her boyfriend of cheating set up a hidden camera to catch him in the act and instead discovered him violently abusing their two-month-old son.

Twenty-four-year-old Joshua Allen Robey was charged Friday with attempted murder, torture and child abuse.

Prosecutors say the video caught Robey punching the child in the chest and shaking him. He also was seen wrapping a blanket around the baby's neck like a noose and swinging him around for over a minute.    

Robey's girlfriend took the baby to the hospital after seeing the video and hospital officials contacted police. The baby remains hospitalized.

If convicted, Robey faces 15 years to life in prison. He is being held on $1 million bail.

His arraignment is scheduled for Nov. 9.        

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Anaheim - He was left alone with the infant to babysit, but his girlfriend, who thought he was cheating on her, left a hidden camera behind.  The next
morning, she saw him swinging the child in a noose-like blanket. then punching and shaking the tiny boy.

The Orange County, California laborer, 24-year-old Joshua Robey, has now been arrested, and is charged with one felony count each of attempted murder, torture and child abuse. Los Angeles Times Local reports  that Robey was living sporadically with his girlfriend and her mother in Anaheim, but three weeks before the October 18th incident, he moved to a motel in Costa Mesa.  

The charges accuse Robey of trying to kill his 2-month-old son by allegedly swinging him in a blanket tied up to be a noose, from his neck  for over a minute, then he laid the child back down and punched him several times in the chest with his fists tightly closed, then he grabbed the infant by the throat with two hands and lifted him up the air to violently shake him.  All this was caught on the tape the girlfriend left on.    

Prosecutors say the tape also shows that at one point when the child was crying, Robey covered the baby's mouth with his hand, grabbed him by the neck and shook  him high in the air.

The New York Daily News reports the accusations of attempted murder are because he tried to suffocate his son by covering his face with a blanket, along with covering the child's mouth with his hand for several second.

The baby's mother watched the video she'd left the next morning, and to her horror, discovered what her boyfriend had done.  The woman's mother
then saw the video later that afternoon, and rushed the baby to the hospital.  Hospital staff got in touch with the Anaheim police.

Robey was arrested at the motel that day. His son remains in the hospital, and Prosecutors have not revealed the extent of his injuries.

But they say if he is convicted on all the charges, Robey will face up to 15 years in state prison.  He is being held in jail in lieu of $1-million bail.  In jail records, Robey put down that he works as a laborer.


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OC man sentenced to 13 years in prison for attempted murder of infant son
Tuesday, October 01, 2013

Joshua Allen Robey, October 21, 2011 (KABC Photo)
 
FULLERTON, Calif. (KABC) -- A Costa Mesa man was sentenced Friday to 13 years to life in prison for the attempted murder of his infant son in 2011. 
 
Joshua Robey, 26, was arrested in October 2011 and charged with attempted murder, torture and child abuse. Robey, baby-sitting his 2-month-old son, was recorded by a hidden video camera swinging the child around by a blanket tied around his neck. Robey also punched, slapped and shook the baby.
 
The baby's mother had set up a hidden camera because she suspected Robey was cheating on her.
 
Story: OC man caught on video assaulting baby sonThe Orange County District Attorney's Office said Robey laid "Baby Doe" back down and punched him several times in the chest with closed fists. On multiple occasions he strangled, slapped and punched the baby and grabbed the victim by the throat with both hands, lifted him in the air, and violently shook him.
 
At one point while Baby Doe was crying, Robey covered the victim's mouth with his hand, grabbed him by the neck, and shook him in the air. He attempted to suffocate Baby Doe by covering the victim's face with a blanket and covering the baby's mouth with his hand for several seconds. He also covered the victim's nose and mouth with tape to suffocate the baby, according to the OCDA.
 
Baby Doe suffered fractured ribs, bleeding to the brain, and liver injuries.
 
Robey was convicted in August of one felony count each of attempted murder with premeditation and deliberation, torture, and child abuse with a sentencing enhancement for causing great bodily injury to a child under 5 years old. 
 
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