UNNAMED BOY - 1 month / Accused: Joshua Cooper, father - Fairfield CA

Teenage father arrested after biting nose off one-month-old son because infant would not stop crying


Joshua Cooper, 18, allegedly severed a third of his son's nose
The father, from Fairfield, California, is being held at Solano County Jail
The baby also has a fractured skull and brain hemorrhage

By Sam Creighton

PUBLISHED: 04:19 EST, 14 March 2014  | UPDATED: 07:07 EST, 14 March 2014

A teenage father has been arrested for biting off the nose of his one-month-old son.

Joshua Cooper, 18, of Fairfield, California, allegedly savaged his own baby out of frustration at the infant's crying.

Cooper has been charged with child cruelty and aggravated mayhem and is being held at Solano County Jail, according to CBS.

Fairfield Police received a call shortly after 8am yesterday morning from a 'hysterical' 17-year-old girl, claiming her baby was bleeding from its nose.

Officers found the baby, along with his parents and other family members, at their home on the 1000 block of Alaska Avenue.

The baby was rushed to North Bay Medical Centre, where doctors found part of his nose had been completely severed and he had a possible head trauma.

The baby was transferred to Oakland's Children's Hospital, where medical teams determined one third of the child's nose had been ripped off and that he had a fractured skull and a brain hemorrhage.

It is not yet clear how the baby picked up these last two injuries. The baby is now in a stable condition.

Fairfield Police said in a statement: 'The criminal investigation determined that the infant’s father had bitten the child’s nose off out of frustration from the infant crying. The investigation continues to determine how the infant sustained the skull fracture and brain hemorrhage.'


Joshua Cooper, 18, allegedly bit off his son's nose because he was frustrated at the baby's crying

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2580783/Teenage-father-arrested-biting-nose-one-month-old-son-infant-not-stop-crying.html


Poor little baby.  He's lucky to be alive but having his nose bit off.  They should do the same to this monster.  William

A wet nosed kid pretending to be a man and making a baby is bad enough.  Biting the little boy's nose off, crushing his skull, leaving his brain hemorrhaging from a blow to his head is evil.  This kid needs to be locked up for 30 years.

I hope he hasn't made other babies.   The mother is herself a kid.

Why do children have babies?  They can get birth control for free.

This poor baby may end up back on our pages again.