Man threw 5-month-old baby across a hallway in an apartment building while awaiting trial for strangulation: Police

A Wisconsin antheral who was already awaiting proceedings for a antithetic felony complaint is present accused of child abuse.

Sergio Chavez-Morales, 38, was arrested connected Dec. 26, 2025, aft constabulary said witnesses saw him propulsion a 5-month-old baby crossed a hallway successful an flat gathering successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin. According to a transgression ailment obtained by section CBS affiliate WDJT, the alleged incidental happened connected Dec. 22, 2025, erstwhile officers from the Milwaukee Police Department responded to a weapons complaint.

Police said Chavez-Morales was the 1 being chased by an unnamed 19-year-old pistillate with a knife. However the pistillate told constabulary that she saw Chavez-Morales drawback a 5-month-old babe and flip the babe crossed the hallway.

According to reporting connected the transgression ailment by section Fox affiliate WITI, officers were capable to abstracted Chavez-Morales and the 19-year-old pistillate and interview them both. Police said the pistillate told them that she saw Chavez-Morales "grab" the babe and "throw" the babe "across the hallway causing [the child] to outcry retired successful pain."

The ailment said respective different witnesses astatine the country told constabulary adjacent to the aforesaid story, saying that Chavez-Morales allegedly threw the babe crossed the hallway oregon to the ground.

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Police said that the babe was taken to Children's Wisconsin infirmary for treatment, and "no contiguous fractured bones could beryllium observed."

Court records amusement that Chavez-Morales is awaiting proceedings for abstracted strangulation and disorderly behaviour charges. That proceedings was scheduled to statesman connected Jan. 5.

Chavez-Morales was placed nether apprehension and booked into the Milwaukee County Jail. He was charged with kid maltreatment and bail jumping. After his archetypal tribunal appearance, Chavez-Morales' enslaved was acceptable astatine $3,000 cash, which helium posted connected Wednesday. He is owed backmost successful tribunal for a preliminary proceeding connected Jan. 2.