Man sentenced for hitting baby in head with cinder block

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COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) — A Columbus man will spend at least the next four years in prison after pleading guilty to an incident where he hit a baby in the head with a cinder block .

Brandon Roberts, 30, pleaded guilty last week to one count of felonious assault, a second-degree felony, and was sentenced to four to six years in prison.

According to police reports, on Oct. 23, 2023, Roberts and a woman were arguing on Olive Street near South Hague Avenue just after 11 a.m.

Roberts attempted to throw a cinder block at the woman, who was in the driver’s seat of her vehicle, but instead shattered the driver’s side rear window, hitting a one-year-old child in the head.

The baby was treated for a skull fracture at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Once released from prison, Roberts will be on parole for 1 1/2 to 3 years.

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