Video reveals man ‘slamming 4-month-old child down and protecting mouth

A youngster from West Virginia has been arrested after a video surfaced exhibiting him dealing with a 4-month-old child in an “aggressive method” and protecting the toddler’s mouth together with his hand for 28 seconds.

Jeremiah Burkhammer, 19, was taken into custody by Upshur County police on Wednesday, February 13, following a legal grievance lodged with the Sheriff’s Workplace.

The grievance alleged that Burkhammer was seen mistreating the newborn whereas making an attempt to get them again to sleep.

The incident reportedly occurred over a number of minutes beginning at 1:45 a.m.

The video was dropped at the eye of the West Virginia State Police by the newborn’s grandmother.

Burkhammer is accused of improperly choosing up the toddler – with out supporting the newborn’s head or neck – and placing the newborn down in an “aggressive method, inflicting the sufferer’s head/neck to rock forwards and backwards violently.”

Shortly after, the newborn rolled onto a pillow, and Burkhammer allegedly yanked the pillow away, exclaiming, “You are p-ing me the f- off.”

He’s then accused of choosing up the newborn once more earlier than throwing the toddler again down onto the pillow.

The grievance additionally alleges that Burkhammer could be heard yelling “take the freaking bottle” on the crying child round 17 minutes later.

He was allegedly seen hitting the toddler on the chest because the child wept. He positioned his hand over the mouth of the distressed youngster, instructing the toddler to Breathe out your nostril, not your mouth” whereas preserving his palm there for a harrowing 28 seconds.

The filed grievance describes the newborn flailing desperately and wailing.

Burkhammer has been slapped with prices together with one depend of extreme neglect of a kid that would result in dying or severe bodily hurt and one depend associated to strangulation or suffocation.

Now confined on the Tygart Valley Regional Jail, he faces a hefty $225,000 bail quantity as he awaits his preliminary listening to on February 21.