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Iowa man sentenced for causing head trauma to 13-month-old

A Nora Springs man has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for causing his girlfriend’s 13-month-old son’s head trauma.
Tylan DeBeir via Floyd County Jail

NORA SPRINGS, Iowa (AP) — A Nora Springs man has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for causing his girlfriend’s 13-month-old son’s head trauma.

The Mason City Globe Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1So5lhC ) that 25-year-old Tylan DeBeir was sentenced Friday in a Floyd County court.

DeBeir was convicted in December of child endangerment resulting in serious injury.

Police say the boy was hurt shortly after his mother left for work around 3 a.m. March 30, 2013, leaving the baby sleeping in a playpen. DeBeir initially told authorities the boy had fallen from the playpen during the night. But police say he later admitted to being sleep-deprived and exhausted and roughly threw the child into the playpen because he was fussy.

 

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