[StBernard] St. Bernard Parish man booked with cruelty after 4-month-old ...

[Westley Annis]

I SAY HANG THE BASTARD!!!!!!
 
 
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	St. Bernard Parish man booked with cruelty after 4-month-old
daughter
	suffers skull fracture
	
	Published: Friday, November 25, 2011, 4:50 PM     Updated: Friday,
November
	25, 2011, 5:52 PM
	
	By The Times-Picayune 
	
	A 4-month-old St. Bernard Parish girl suffered two skull fractures
when her
	father allegedly "lost his cool'' and threw her onto a bed, causing
her to
	strike a wall and then the floor. William Bertoniere, 24, of 1612
Heights
	Drive in eastern St. Bernard, was booked Wednesday night with felony
cruelty
	to a juvenile after he and the child's mother brought the infant to
	Children's Hospital, Sheriff-elect James Pohlmann said in a news
release.
	The injuries are not considered life-threatening, he said.
	
	Bertoniere allegedly told detectives that after bathing and dressing
his
	daughter, he slipped while walking out of the bathroom. The fall
caused his
	baby to injure her leg, triggering a bout of crying, Pohlmann said.
	
	Despite the baby crying for "a long period," Bertoniere did not seek
medical
	help, Pohlmann said.
	
	Bertoniere eventually "lost his cool" and threw the girl onto a bed,
where
	she hit her head on the wall and then fell onto the floor, Pohlmann
said.
	The child's mother was working at the time.
	
	After telling the mother of the injuries, Bertoniere brought the
child to a
	doctor's office in Chalmette and then to Children's Hospital for
emergency
	treatment, Pohlmann said. That triggered an investigation by the
Sheriff's
	Office Juvenile Division and state child protection officials, the
	sheriff-elect said.
	
	In addition to two bilateral skull fractures, the girl suffered a
leg injury
	and as of Friday had spent two nights in the hospital. The child was
	expected to be released Friday, he said.
	
	Bertoniere was in St. Bernard Parish Prison. His bond was set Friday
at
	$50,000. Cruelty to juveniles carries a sentence of up to 10 years
in prison
	and a fine of up to $1,000 upon conviction.