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Hillsborough Deputies Arrest Man In Shaken-Baby Case

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By JOSH POLTILOVE | The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 6, 2008

TAMPA - Deputies have arrested a 23-year-old man they say shook a 2-month-old baby.

Javaurian Vonshae Saffold was arrested today and charged with aggravated child abuse. He is being held at Orient Road Jail without bail.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office learned of the infant's injuries Sept. 24. Deputies went to St. Joseph's Hospital to see a baby who had been brought in by ambulance. She had suffered acute brain injury, multiple rib fractures and retinal hemorrhaging.

Doctors concluded the injuries were not accidental, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said.

Saffold later told deputies he had shaken the child, Carter said.

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