FRIENDSWOOD, Texas – Police say an 8-month-old girl could be permanently disabled from injuries she suffered at the hands of her father.
Anthony Michael Pittman, 23, is charged with injury to a child.
According to police, Pittman was home with the victim and a 2-year-old child on October 29, 2011, while the baby’s mother went to the store.
Pittman and the victim’s mother were dating at the time.
At some point while the mother was gone, Pittman said he found the baby lying on the bed.
He said when he picked her up, she got sick and stopped breathing, so he called 911.
The baby’s mother and a friend got home before paramedics arrived and started CPR.
Police and EMS responded to the home around 6 p.m. that day.
Paramedics called for an air ambulance, and the baby was rushed to Memorial Hermann.
The 2-year-old was put in CPS custody.
Later that night, Pittman was arrested trying to get the toddler back.
During a jailhouse interview several days later, police said Pittman told officers that he was tossing the baby into the air when he accidentally dropped her.
But investigators said Pittman’s account of what happened was not consistent with the injuries the child sustained.
Doctors believe the girl was shaken and may have suffered blunt-force trauma to the head.
She remained in the hospital on Monday with severe head injuries.
Pittman was being held in the Harris County Jail on $50,000 bond.
