Crime & Safety
Bayonet Point Man Charged With Fracturing Baby's Skull
A 26-year-old man has been charged with aggravated child abuse after being accused of fracturing the skull of a 3-month-old baby.
BAYONET POINT, FL — A 26-year-old man was arrested Thursday, May 19, and charged with aggravated child abuse after being accused of fracturing the skull of a 3-month-old baby.
According to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, Brandon Scott Madrishin of 12138 Holbrook Drive, Bayonet Point, told deputies that the infant in his care was injured when a 1-year-old pushed a TV onto him.
However, a medical exam showed the baby also had a fractured left femur. The injuries were consistent with child abuse.
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Madrishin is being held in the Land O' Lakes Detention Center in lieu of $10,000 bail.
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