This make me sick!
This story was in the Missoulian today.
When Scott Nelson Anderson was arrested Friday on two counts of felony assault, for allegedly fracturing his infant son’s skull, legs and ribs, he posted a $30,000 bond and was back on the street within hours.Anderson, 36, of Missoula, was arrested again early Monday morning after firing a round from his hunting rifle near Missoula’s Northside Park.When police arrived at the park, which is at Cooley Street and Worden Avenue, the man was holding the loaded rifle and admitted firing it into the air. Anderson told police he was suicidal, but had no intention of harming anyone. He was taken to jail on a misdemeanor charge of negligent endangerment.
But two hours later, Anderson had posted a $500 bond and was again released, even though he’d violated the conditions of Friday’s release by firing the gun.By late Monday afternoon, police had obtained a petition to revoke Anderson’s bail, as well as a $500,000 warrant for the man’s arrest. He was taken to jail at about 5 p.m., and will appear Tuesday in Missoula County Justice Court on the petition to revoke his bail.Anderson will likely remain jailed on the higher bail amount.
Anderson is charged with one count of aggravated assault and another for assault on a minor, both felonies. He faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in the Montana State Prison and $100,000 in fines.
According to charging documents, police began investigating Anderson on Feb. 17 after his 7-week-old son was hospitalized for a skull fracture. Anderson decided to have doctors look at the baby after his wife called him at work to complain that the baby’s head was “squishy” and swollen.
Anderson told social workers at Community Medical Center that he’d been feeding the baby earlier in the morning but had tripped on his pajama pants, falling and landing on the baby, a story he’d also told his wife.
However, further medical assessments revealed the baby had suffered additional injuries several weeks earlier, including fractures in both legs, a fractured rib, a skull fracture, a brain bleed and a hematoma.
When Anderson learned of the older injuries, he told detectives about an incident two weeks earlier when he had grown frustrated and “lost it” because his son was fussy and wouldn’t calm down.
Anderson said he’d grabbed the baby’s leg, carried the infant upside down from the living room to the bedroom and “swung” the baby into a crib. When the baby landed, his head struck a wooden portion of the crib, and Anderson admitted the incident likely caused the leg and skull fractures. After the baby hit his head, Anderson held him in a “bear hug” that “was way too tight,” most likely causing the rib fracture.
Medical experts in Salt Lake City reviewed the baby’s case and determined that his skull fracture, leg fracture and hematoma were approximately two weeks old.
Deputy Missoula County Attorney Suzy Boylan, who is prosecuting the case, said doctors expect the baby to make a full recovery from his injuries. The infant is currently in protective custody.
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