Mom Uses Baby As Weapon To Beat Man

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ERIE, Pa. -- A woman used her 4-week-old baby as a weapon in a domestic dispute, swinging the infant through the air and striking her boyfriend with the child, authorities said.

"The baby was swung at the individual that she was arguing with," Erie 4th Ward District Judge Tom Robie said.

The baby was critically injured in the attack early Sunday, said District Attorney Bradley Foulk.


"Never, never, never. I can never remember anything like this," Foulk told the Erie Times-News.

Chytoria Graham, 27, of Erie, was charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and simple assault. She was held Monday in the Erie County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bail.

The infant, whose name and gender were not released, was taken to a hospital in Pittsburgh. Authorities did not identify the hospital, and the baby's condition Monday was not released.

Four other children were removed from the home by child welfare officials, Foulk said. The oldest of those children was 8 years old.

There was no immediate indication whether the man Graham is accused of attacking was the baby's father.

Authorities removed four other children from Graham's home and placed them with the Erie County Office of Children and Youth, Foulk said.

This is like - so wrong and messed up. Since when is a child used as a baseball bat? suppose that's better then using a baseball bat on the child... but come on!

Who are these freaks? And she has 4 other children? What in the world did she do to them? I can't even fathom what was going through her mind at the time? I'm curious to hear what her excuse is... there is NO excuse for this kind of behavior. what an idiot.

People like this should have their children taken away, tubes tied and spend the next 30 Dick Clark's Rockin' New Years in a small cell with saltines and brown water.

-HECK!

This was totally sick! How could she have done this?

Heck, you're right... she should be locked up, for a long time.

Wow.... I... I'm just speechless... this is one of the worst things I've ever read... ever-ever.

I'm trying to figure out what was going through the man's mind other then dirty diaper doo.

SICK! I hope that baby makes it. She should be neutered and thrown in jail. No mercy for people like her. Sounds like a crackhead crime and if not, she should spend what ever is left of her miserable life in isolation.

To expand:

Woman charged with using baby as weapon

ERIE, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A woman used her 4-week-old baby as a weapon in a domestic dispute, swinging the infant through the air and striking her boyfriend with the child, authorities said.

The baby boy was in serious but stable condition Monday at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh, police said.

"Never, never, never. I can never remember anything like this," District Attorney Bradley Foulk told the Erie Times-News.

Chytoria Graham, 27, of Erie, was charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and simple assault. She was held Monday in the Erie County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bail.

The infant, whose name was not released, suffered a fractured skull and some bleeding in the brain, authorities said. His head hit Graham's boyfriend, the baby's father, police Lt. Dan Spizarny said.

Authorities removed four other children from Graham's home and placed them with the Erie County Office of Children and Youth, Foulk said.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press.

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Damn... did she fall out of the ugly tree, hitting every branch on the way down?

That looks like a picture of an abused woman or one that has been in a fight. Still no pity for her because of what she did to that innocent baby.