Babysitter accused of dropping infant, causing brain bleed

MONONGAHELA, Pa. — A 36-year-old babysitter has been arrested for allegedly dropping a 4-month-old baby in December.

When the infant was rushed to Children’s hospital, doctors said he had bleeding in the brain.

Babysitter James Manges went all the way to Children's as well that night, but now police are saying he's the one responsible for the injury.

James an his wife were babysitting the young boy, but shortly after she left 911 was called to the house for a report of a baby having a seizure and not responding.

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"The initial call was for a baby in destress. We believed it was a medical call, but through investigating it became a criminal case," Monongehela Police Patrolman Ryan Lenzi said.

Police gave Manges a lie detector test, and according to records he admitted to shaking the baby and dropping him from chest level on to the kitchen floor.

"We believed that Mr. Manges was playing a video game and became angry at that game as well as the baby being fussy, shook the baby and also dropped it," Lenzi said.

The baby's mother shared a photo of her son, Steven, with channel 11 and said she still can't understand why Manges would hurt him.

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