Jacob Alexander Piontek, 25, was arrested after investigators said he admitted to tossing the child from five to six feet away while “playing,” according to the release.
Emergency responders were called to a Stewart Street home in New Kensington at 2:24 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 22, for a report of a baby in cardiac arrest, authorities said. Later that day, a social worker at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh reported the child was in critical condition, suffering seizures and a possible stroke, investigators detailed.
Doctors found significant bleeding on the infant’s brain that spread to the spine, along with a stroke, vein thrombosis, and multiple seizures, the DA’s office said. Detectives said Piontek gave “conflicting” accounts of what happened before acknowledging he had thrown the baby onto the couch…