Sergio Chavez-Morales Threw A 5MO Infant Across Apartment Hallway In Front Of Witnesses

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A 38-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of throwing a 5-month-old child across a hallway at an apartment building on the city's north side. The accused is

Sergio Chavez-Morales – and he faces the following criminal counts: Physical abuse of a child (intentional causation of bodily harm and) Bail jumping (Felony)

According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police were dispatched to the area near Teutonia and Roosevelt or a "subject with a weapon complaint" on Monday, Dec. 22. When officers arrived on the scene, they made contact with the defendant who reported being chased around by a 19-year-old who was armed with a knife. The officers separated the two parties and conducted interviews.

In an interview with police, the 19-year-old said she "witnessed the defendant grab (a 5-month-old child) and throw (the child) across the hallway causing (the child) to cry out in pain," the complaint says.

The complaint says several other citizen witnesses offered similar accounts, indicating the defendant had thrown the child across the hallway or to the ground.

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