Infant's Bones Broken By Teen Mom In Jersey City: Report

JERSEY CITY, NJ — A teen mother and her boyfriend are accused of beating the woman's 3-month-old infant and breaking multiple bones, the Jersey Journal reported.

The baby's mother Omayra M. Medina, 19, and her boyfriend, Delfin I. Castillo, 21, were charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child in connection to the alleged beating, the paper said.

The couple took the child to the hospital to check for pneumonia in March, the report said, but medical staff found the broken bones and alerted police. A doctor said the broke bones were not accidental.

Both said they were the child's primary caretakers but denied hurting the child, the report says.

Jersey City police have not yet responded to Patch's request for comment.

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