Injury charge upgraded after injured Wis. boy dies


March 21, 2010

 

SHEBOYGAN — A Sheboygan man initially charged with injuring his 1-month-old son has now been charged with homicide after the baby died.

Twenty-three-year-old Andrew C. Goldston faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted.

Police were called to a home March 9 where the baby wasn't breathing. Goldston told police he dropped the baby on the floor while his girlfriend, the boy's mother, was out.

Doctors said Leander Goldston suffered abusive head trauma, which wasn't consistent with being dropped. He was pronounced dead Thursday.

After Leander's death, prosecutors upgraded a charge of first-degree reckless injury to first-degree reckless homicide.

A message left with Goldston's public defender after hours Saturday was not immediately returned.

 

 

Associated Press