Seffan Mederious Was Scrolling On His Phone While Daughter Was Unattended In Bathtub, Didn't Go To Hospital To Check On Baby

[Sugar Cookie]

Police in Covington said they were called to an apartment Tuesday for a report of an infant not breathing.

According to a citation, the baby girl was found unresponsive after being left in a bathtub filled with water.

The child’s father, 20-year-old Seffan Mederious, is accused of leaving the child alone in the bathtub for about five minutes.

Mederious reportedly told police he was in another room scrolling on his phone, and when he returned, he found his daughter floating in the water.

According to the citation, Mederious took the baby to a relative’s house, who called 911.

The baby was rushed to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Police said she is expected to make a full recovery.

“I do know that when police arrived on the scene, Mr. Mederious had fled the residence and was found hiding at a nearby relative’s residence, so he didn’t stick around to help police and firefighters, and he didn’t respond to the hospital to see how the baby was doing. He felt it more important to run away from the scene,” Rob Sanders, the Kenton County commonwealth’s attorney, said.

Mederious is charged with wanton endangerment and criminal abuse.

Father charged after leaving baby in bathtub while he scrolled on his phone in another room, police say

A father in Kentucky is facing charges after allegedly leaving his baby unattended in a bathtub while he scrolled on his phone in another room.

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[Kleng]

How about charging him with willful child neglect?