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    Dad charged after infant son chokes on baby wipe

    By Kim Palmer | Reuters – 19 hrs ago

    CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A Cleveland man was arraigned on child endangerment charges on Saturday after emergency room doctors had to surgically remove a diaper wipe from the throat of his choking eight-week-old son.

    Joshua Rains, 25, was arrested Wednesday at the MetroHealth Medical Center after investigators interviewed him about the circumstances surrounding his son's injuries, Cleveland Police Sgt. Joseph Rini told Reuters.

    The child was rushed to MetroHealth on Monday with a baby wipe lodged in his throat, blocking his airway.

    According to the police report "the father stated while changing the child's diaper he wiped the child's mouth with the baby wipe, and then he noticed the baby wipe had disappeared."

    Once he noticed the baby swallowed the wipe he tried to pull it out, "but only jammed it further down the child's throat."

    But police said the claim was inconsistent with the baby's injuries.

    "He is admitting to putting the wipe in the child's mouth," Sgt. Rini said on Saturday. "Whether it was an accident or done intentionally is what needs to be investigated."

    Sgt. Rini also confirmed the infant had previously been hospitalized. At just five-days-old the baby was treated for a detached eye lens, but the incident was not reported, according to the police report.

    Rains was arraigned on Saturday on one count of felony endangering children, according to court records. There is no word on the baby's condition from the hospital.

    The police report stated the infant was on life support, though on Saturday, the baby's condition was unknown.

    (Reporting by Kim Palmer; Editing by James B. Kelleher and Greg McCune)

    1,748 comments

    • Marcos
      Marcos  •  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  •  17 hours ago
      get well little guy and I hope you are and stay safe............you deserve nothing less.
    • Dorothy
      Dorothy 17 hours ago
      Time to take the baby away before it ends up dead
    • owassobob
      owassobob  •  Tulsa, United States  •  20 hours ago
      10 to 1 he put the wipe in there because the baby was crying. Babys cry. Dont have any if you cant take the noise.
    • dawns
      dawns 14 hours ago
      I was wiping the father's face when he accidentally swallowed my fist.
    • Susannah
      Susannah  •  Dayton, United States  •  18 hours ago
      Detached eye lens? How did that happen? You know, there's lots of couples who would be more than happy to adopt the baby. Praying for this child.
    • Squire
      Squire  •  San Diego, United States  •  about an hour ago
      detached Eye lense = Shaking. get this guy away from kids
    • So Cal
      So Cal  •  San Diego, United States  •  16 hours ago
      Shove a diaper wipe down his throat and detach his retina..I hope to God they take this baby away and send him to a loving home...Eight weeks old and two incidents..Don't make this baby go thru a third...
    • drako
      drako  •  Wayne, United States  •  19 hours ago
      I would like there to be a law passed that anyone who abuses a child in any shape or form to be striped of there ability to pro-create... if a molestation, attempted murder, or murdered happens then they will be hung for their crime... Please add your words of wisdom.
    • Denise
      Denise 18 hours ago
      I am wondering where the Mother was a 8 week old baby doesn't get a baby wipe shoved down his throat on his own and a detached eye lens this poor excuse for a human doesn't deserve the name dad or father.I hope and pray he is never around this child or any other ever again bless the baby's heart praying he is ok.
    • luvasl08
      luvasl08  •  Westminster, United States  •  20 hours ago
      child endangerment - what about attempted murder! There should be NO second chance for this man. Cut off his nuts so he can never do this again!!
    • Mandy
      Mandy 18 hours ago
      My 3 month old soon can barely eat baby cereal. No way he could even swallow a baby wipe.
    • Inion
      Inion  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  22 hours ago
      Let's see...two hospitalizations in the child's 8 weeks of life. Hmmmm...father admits to putting baby wipe in infants mouth...If nothing is done to protect this infant from this POS, the child is as good as dead.
    • Mia
      Mia 20 hours ago
      Caution: parents may be harmful to a childs health & well being...
    • doppler 5000
      doppler 5000  •  Strongsville, United States  •  19 hours ago
      A wipe just happened to end up down a 8 week olds throat huh? Sounds like #$%$ to me.
    • Casey G
      Casey G  •  Greensboro, United States  •  15 hours ago
      weird. i don't believe him for some reason.
    • Sandy
      Sandy  •  Tiverton, United States  •  21 hours ago
      How do you "accidentally" put a baby wipe in a baby's mouth? What's to investigate? This type of behavior is no accident! Prosecute him and terminate his parental rights as well.
    • Coco
      Coco 18 hours ago
      Where's the mother?????????? What the hell are wrong with these people? If you don't want your kid, walk over to a hospital and drop it off, no questions asked, or go to any adoption agency, where you will be paid your expenses, and you'll know your baby's in good hands with a loving family. These hoosiers are just below human. At 25 years old, you definitely wrong from right, and there's no excuse for your dangerous actions!! NONE!
    • Larry Craig
      Larry Craig 14 hours ago
      Maybe there needs to be a law requiring forced sterilization. And this is the proof.
    • icar6
      icar6 18 hours ago
      eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. detach his eyelid and shove and alcohol soaked cloth down his throat. And smack him around for 8 weeks.
    • Elbrandone
      Elbrandone  •  Houston, United States  •  17 hours ago
      He put the wipe in his babies mouth because he couldn't handle the crying. The detached lens was either from him shaking or slapping the baby. This guy needs his balls removed. So sad how worthless #$%$ are allowed to continue to procreate.
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