LI Father Accused Of Assaulting 5-Week Old Son: PD

STONY BROOK, NY — A South Setauket man was arrested Monday after he assaulted and abused his infant son, Suffolk County police said.

Police were called to Stony Brook University Hospital at 1:20 p.m. on January 21 after an infant was brought into the emergency department by ambulance with injuries consistent with abuse, authorities said.

Following an investigation by the Suffolk County Police Department's special victim’s section detectives, the 5-week-old boy’s father, Vincent DiStasi, 31, was arrested at the hospital, where the child is in critical condition, police said.

DiStatsi, whose address is being withheld, was charged with first-degree assault; reckless assault of a child and endangering the welfare of a child, police said.

Suffolk County Family and Children Services have been notified, police said.

DiStasi was held overnight at the Sixth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Tuesday, police said.