Read More Here: "A father who claimed he tried to save his falling baby by grabbing her has been found guilty by a jury of intentionally inflicting her injuries.
Rainest Crawford, 24, of Charleston was accused of child neglect causing serious injury after his 6-week-old baby was brought to Women and Children's Hospital Dec. 6, 2006 with two leg fractures and a skull fracture.
Crawford, who testified in his own defense on Wednesday, said he was only trying to keep the infant from falling off his bed when her older brother jumped and bounced her off.
'It all happened so fast,' he told the jury. 'I grabbed her, and I didn't realize she was hurt. She seemed alright.'
Prosecutors, however, said the 210-pound former University of Charleston football player intentionally harmed the baby. Their primary evidence was that Crawford was the only one in the room with the baby at the time and he told doctors, the mother and police for two days that he didn't know how she sustained those injuries."
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