Police: Man arrested after baby had skull fracture, brain bleed

HENDERSON, Ky. (WFIE) - A Henderson man is facing assault charges after police say a two-month-old baby in his care was severely hurt several weeks ago.

28-year-old old Dylan Beck was booked into the Henderson County Jail on Wednesday. He’s being held on a $7,500 full cash bond.

He made his first court appearance on Thursday morning. Beck is due back in court next week.

Police say Beck was babysitting on Halloween while the child’s mother was working. Officers say he called the baby’s mom and told her she needed to come home, and the baby was throwing up and lethargic.

They say the baby was taken to the hospital with serious injuries that included a skull fracture and a brain bleed.

Police say another child was also there at the time who wasn’t hurt.

They say Beck denies beating or shaking the baby. Police say he told them he was a heavy marijuana smoker, and had smoked at least six times the day he was caring for the children.

The report shows the infant was released from the hospital in November, but was on a feeding tube. He goes back for another MRI in March.

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