Sentenced: Baby In Critical Condition, Father Arrested For Shaking Infant Son Unconscious

[Sugar Cookie]

A Redding man was arrested after police were called to his home and found his 2-month-old son unconscious and not breathing.

Redding police said the man, Frankielee Cooley, 29, called 911. When officers arrived they found the boy had a pulse but was not breathing.

Officers administered first aid and the child began breathing again. Medics arrived and took the infant to the hospital, where he was found to have multiple brain bleeds, "indicitative of child abuse," police said.

While police were investigating the incident, Cooley allegedly admitted he was frustrated and shook the child because the baby would not stop crying, police said.

"The infant’s mother intervened and stopped the abuse. The infant then stopped breathing and appeared lifeless," police said.

Baby in critical condition. Father arrested, accused of shaking infant son unconscious

A Redding man was arrested after police were called to his home and found his 2-month-old son unconscious and not breathing.

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[Sejanus]

Clamp his head into a paint can shaker and let her rip.

 

[Crazy Cat Lady]

Clamp his head into a paint can shaker and let her rip.

That gave me a headache!

 

[Metalfan]

Frankielee and a mustache,definitely the odds are stacked against this one!

 

[Kitsune Faye]

The fact that mom stopped the abuse is something. I’m used to seeing mom does nothing. Poor baby.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

October 6th 2023

A father who violently shook his two-month-old son, causing two brain bleeds, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for felony child abuse, the district attorney's office announced on Friday.

On Monday this week, Oct. 2, the Shasta County District Attorney's Office says 29-year-old Frankie Lee Cooley of Redding was sentenced to 14 years in state prison after pleading no contest to felony child abuse and an enhancement for causing great bodily injury, as well as admitting a prior strike. Cooley also reportedly waived all his accrued credits and appellate rights.

Cooley was arrested before this incident, however. According to Tehama County court documents, in 2012, then-18-year-old Cooley was charged with continuous sexual abuse with a child under the age of 14, along with several other counts of sexual acts with a child under the age of 10. He was then convicted of continuous sexual abuse and was given a suspended sentence of 12 years. Then, in 2019, the district attorney's office says Cooley was charged with failing to file a change of address residence and failing to update his registration annually as a sex offender and was sentenced to eight months in jail.

The Shasta County District Attorney's Office says the baby has received extensive medical treatment and is improving.

Redding father sentenced to 14 years for shaking infant son

A father who violently shook his two-month-old son, causing two brain bleeds, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for felony child abuse, the district atto

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