A Petrolia man is in police custody after he was charged with assaulting a young girl that left her with severe head injuries.
Police say 20-year-old Dakota Anthony beat his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter, and the injuries were so significant, she had to be flown to Children’s Hospital.
It happened in Petrolia back on December 10th. Anthony told police that the baby fell off a changing table. However, doctors later determined that the child’s injuries were consistent with child abuse.
Anthony is being held without bail, after a judge deemed him a “danger to society.”
The baby is expected to survive, but the head injuries were significant.
