Batavia Man Sentenced to Prison for Abusing Infant

BATAVIA, IL - A former Batavia man is headed to prison for severely injuring an infant in 2011. On Friday, Kane Co. Judge John A. Barsanti sentenced 54-year-old Nicholas E. Glucksmann to seven years in prison. Glucksmann was convicted in July 2015 of aggravated battery, a Class X felony; aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony; and aggravated battery to a child, a Class 3 felony.

The charges stem from a April 16, 2011 hospital visit where Glucksmann and his girlfriend brought an infant that lived in their household to the emergency room after the child had begun to lose consciousness at their home in the 300 block of South Batavia Avenue in Batavia, prosecutors said.

Emergency room doctors determined the child had suffered head injuries and sent the child to a Chicago hospital. The also called police to report suspected child abuse, according to a news release from the Kane County State's Attorney's Office.

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When interviewed by police, Gluckmann said the child fell off a bed and onto the floor. Doctors said the child’s injuries were inconsistent with Glucksmann’s story, and that a 2.5-foot fall would not have caused the brain trauma and bleeding in the eyes that was ruled to be great bodily harm, prosecutors said.

The child continues to recover from the injuries and is expected to live a normal life.

In addition to the prison term, Glucksmann, who currently lives in the 1000 block of James Court in Wheaton, must register in accordance with Illinois’ Violence Against Children Registration Act. He must serve at least 85 percent of the sentence.

“Each year in the United States nearly 700,000 children are injured or killed as a result of child abuse, yet every single case of child abuse is preventable," Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon said."Unfortunately, Mr. Glucksmann has never shown an ounce of remorse and never accepted responsibility for his actions. He belongs in prison."