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11-04-2006, 04:10 PM
PA-- A woman accused of using her baby to batter her boyfriend said she didn't realize what she was doing until it was too late.
Chyrotia Graham, 27, of Erie, Pennsylvania, told police she had been drinking when an argument with her husband, the child's father, turned violent early Sunday morning, according to an affidavit filed to support Graham's arrest.
Graham said she "snapped" and began grabbing things and throwing them at Deangelo Troop, 20, not realizing she had picked up her 4-week-old son, Jarron Troop, who police said she held by the legs and swung at his father.
Graham was being held at a jail Monday on $75,000 bond. She faces charges of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and simple assault.
Jarron, who was born Sept. 11, suffered a fractured skull and bleeding in the brain after the incident. The infant's head hit Deangelo, who had also fathered one of Graham's other four children.
Deangelo told the Erie Times-News that Graham never meant to hurt their child.
"People are trying to make a big deal about it, but she did not do it on purpose. ... It was just a mistake," he said.
Defense attorney Alison Scarpitti, who was assigned by authorities to represent Graham, said Monday she could not comment because she had not met with Graham.
Police said Troop punched Graham in the eye after she put the baby down, and police photos later showed her eye blackened and swollen shut.
Authorities said there was no indication that Troop had hit his son, but that they were reviewing the case to see if any charges might be warranted.
"I don't anticipate any at this time," Erie police Capt. Frank Kwitowski said Monday.
Officials at a Pittsburgh hospital declined to release information about the baby early Tuesday. He was flown to the hospital by helicopter after the incident.
Authorities removed Graham's other children from the home and granted temporary custody to their maternal grandparents.
Harvey
Chyrotia Graham, 27, of Erie, Pennsylvania, told police she had been drinking when an argument with her husband, the child's father, turned violent early Sunday morning, according to an affidavit filed to support Graham's arrest.
Graham said she "snapped" and began grabbing things and throwing them at Deangelo Troop, 20, not realizing she had picked up her 4-week-old son, Jarron Troop, who police said she held by the legs and swung at his father.
Graham was being held at a jail Monday on $75,000 bond. She faces charges of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and simple assault.
Jarron, who was born Sept. 11, suffered a fractured skull and bleeding in the brain after the incident. The infant's head hit Deangelo, who had also fathered one of Graham's other four children.
Deangelo told the Erie Times-News that Graham never meant to hurt their child.
"People are trying to make a big deal about it, but she did not do it on purpose. ... It was just a mistake," he said.
Defense attorney Alison Scarpitti, who was assigned by authorities to represent Graham, said Monday she could not comment because she had not met with Graham.
Police said Troop punched Graham in the eye after she put the baby down, and police photos later showed her eye blackened and swollen shut.
Authorities said there was no indication that Troop had hit his son, but that they were reviewing the case to see if any charges might be warranted.
"I don't anticipate any at this time," Erie police Capt. Frank Kwitowski said Monday.
Officials at a Pittsburgh hospital declined to release information about the baby early Tuesday. He was flown to the hospital by helicopter after the incident.
Authorities removed Graham's other children from the home and granted temporary custody to their maternal grandparents.
Harvey