Crime & Safety
Bethlehem Man Sentenced for Fracturing Infant's Skull
Published report: Taylor, "haunted" by memory, is sentenced to 18-24 months in state prison.
A 24-year-old Bethlehem was sentenced to 18 to 24 months in a state prison this morning for fracturing his infant son’s skull, according to a report on The Morning Call’s website.
According to the newspaper report, Matthew D. Taylor told Northampton County Judge Leonard Zito that the incident of more than a year ago still haunts him and keeps him from sleeping at night.
The boy was 17 days old when he was brought to Lehigh Valley Hospital – Muhlenberg with a broken eye socket. Five months later, the infant was back in the hospital with multiple skull fractures and bruises.
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Assistant District Attorney Patricia Broscius told Zito that Taylor has never given a sufficient explanation for the injuries his son suffered.
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