Man charged with critically injuring girlfriend's baby
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man shook his girlfriend's 9-month-old daughter and either tortured or “cruelly beat" her before she was found with critical injuries amid a marijuana-growing operation, prosecutors allege in court documents.
Brietan Ron Rader, 25, was charged Tuesday in Sedgwick County District Court with two counts of child abuse and one count each of marijuana cultivation and possession of drug paraphernalia, The Wichita Eagle reports.
Police said previously that Rader called his girlfriend instead of 911 on Friday to tell her that her baby wasn’t breathing. The mom then got a sheriff’s lieutenant’s attention by flashing her lights at him as he was heading home. Emergency crews then went to the apartment, where charging documents say Rader was illegally cultivating 10 marijuana plants.
Investigators determined that the girl was hurt while Rader was caring for her. He is not the girl's father.
Rader is jailed on $250,000 bond.