Man charged with assaulting child
Man charged with assaulting child
By Gail Cetnar
Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
A Springfield man was in jail Wednesday after reportedly admitting to investigators that he inflicted severe head injuries to his wife's 1-year-old son.
Chris J. Grieve, 24, of 547 Villa Road, was charged with felonious assault and felonious child endangering. Clark County Municipal Court Judge Eugene Nevius posted his bond at $50,000 Wednesday morning.
Christian Wiseman was breathing on a ventilator at Children's Medical Center in Dayton, Springfield Police Sgt. Jeffrey Flores said. Murder-related charges will be filed against Grieve if the child dies, he said.
"The injuries are consistent with Shaken Baby (Syndrome) and blunt force trauma," Flores said. "We're still investigating it as far as the actual events, how they happened."
Myla Davis, the child's maternal grandmother, said Grieve became agitated because the baby wouldn't eat, so he picked up the baby from a high chair and slammed him into the ground.
The incident occurred between 6:30 and 10:30 p.m. Sunday, court documents show.
Myla Davis said doctors told her the child suffered 90 percent brain damage and has a 30 to 50 percent chance of survival. If he lives, he'll be "extremely mentally challenged," she said.
Grieve is married to Michelle L. Davis, the child's mother.
The mother told police she checked on her son about 11:10 p.m. Saturday after arriving home from work. He was sleeping and appeared fine, according to her account.
No problems were evident when she checked on the sleeping child again at 4 a.m. Sunday. But the child was moaning and wouldn't wake up when she and Grieve checked on him at 7 a.m., so she took him to Mercy Medical Center, a police report states.
Wiseman then was taken to Children's Medical Center in Dayton.
Family members are shocked by the ordeal, Myla Davis said.
"I've never seen the kid (Grieve) get angry. He lived in my house for two months last summer and I had no reason to be concerned with his behavior toward Christian at all," she said.
Contact this reporter at 328-0367 or gcetnar@coxohio.com
Copyright ©2007 Cox Ohio Publishing, Dayton, Ohio, USA. All rights reserved.
By Gail Cetnar
Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
A Springfield man was in jail Wednesday after reportedly admitting to investigators that he inflicted severe head injuries to his wife's 1-year-old son.
Chris J. Grieve, 24, of 547 Villa Road, was charged with felonious assault and felonious child endangering. Clark County Municipal Court Judge Eugene Nevius posted his bond at $50,000 Wednesday morning.
Christian Wiseman was breathing on a ventilator at Children's Medical Center in Dayton, Springfield Police Sgt. Jeffrey Flores said. Murder-related charges will be filed against Grieve if the child dies, he said.
"The injuries are consistent with Shaken Baby (Syndrome) and blunt force trauma," Flores said. "We're still investigating it as far as the actual events, how they happened."
Myla Davis, the child's maternal grandmother, said Grieve became agitated because the baby wouldn't eat, so he picked up the baby from a high chair and slammed him into the ground.
The incident occurred between 6:30 and 10:30 p.m. Sunday, court documents show.
Myla Davis said doctors told her the child suffered 90 percent brain damage and has a 30 to 50 percent chance of survival. If he lives, he'll be "extremely mentally challenged," she said.
Grieve is married to Michelle L. Davis, the child's mother.
The mother told police she checked on her son about 11:10 p.m. Saturday after arriving home from work. He was sleeping and appeared fine, according to her account.
No problems were evident when she checked on the sleeping child again at 4 a.m. Sunday. But the child was moaning and wouldn't wake up when she and Grieve checked on him at 7 a.m., so she took him to Mercy Medical Center, a police report states.
Wiseman then was taken to Children's Medical Center in Dayton.
Family members are shocked by the ordeal, Myla Davis said.
"I've never seen the kid (Grieve) get angry. He lived in my house for two months last summer and I had no reason to be concerned with his behavior toward Christian at all," she said.
Contact this reporter at 328-0367 or gcetnar@coxohio.com
Copyright ©2007 Cox Ohio Publishing, Dayton, Ohio, USA. All rights reserved.
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