(Casper, Wyo.) – A Casper man has entered a guilty plea to child abuse in District Court Wednesday morning.
Phillip Hall, 27, allegedly shook a baby girl in February, where he was originally charged with aggravated child abuse, according to court documents. Hall plead guilty to a reduced charged of child abuse, which is punishable by up to five years.
Per a plea agreement with the state, Hall will not see jail time if he has no other felony convictions on his record. Hall will have to successfully complete probation in order to avoid a penitentiary term.
Officers were notified of the incident after an infant was admitted to the Wyoming Medical Center Emergency Room with a subdural hematoma, a collection of blood outside of the brain, according to the report. The infant was life-flighted to Denver Children’s Hospital for treatment.
During follow-up questioning on Feb. 14, Hall admitted to investigators that he had been too hard on the infant during feeding, according to the report.
He stated to detectives that he was frustrated when he shook the baby, he demonstrated with a baby doll, before she screamed loudly, seized and lost consciousness, according to the affidavit.
He is currently out on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond awaiting sentencing.
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