New York City baby clinging to life after being repeatedly punched in the head by Jerome
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:43 pm
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BRONX, NEW YORK - A baby girl was clinging to life Saturday after allegedly being punched in the head by a Bronx man, police said.
Jerome Thomas, 19, was hit with first-degree assault and child endangerment charges for allegedly slamming his closed fist into the one-year-old’s head inside a Woodstock apartment around 2:30 a.m. Thursday, cops said.
When police responded to a call about someone needing help, they allegedly found Thomas, a 25-year-old woman and the battered baby, who was semi-conscious, inside the Union Avenue apartment, authorities said Saturday.
The infant was taken to Harlem Hospital in critical but stable condition, police said.
It’s unclear whether the woman or Thomas are the baby’s biological parents, or what the relationship was between the two adults, police said.
NYPD detectives were seen hauling evidence bags out of the apartment Saturday afternoon.
Neighbor Nicole LaCroix said the trio was new to the building, and she was under the impression Thomas and the woman were dating.
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