FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A five month old baby was seriously injured after it got caught in the middle of a domestic dispute that turned physical. <\/p>\n
The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office (SLCSO) says on Thursday, at about 10:56 a.m. they were notified by a detective from the Fort Pierce Police Department that a five month old infant was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Deputies say the medical evaluation revealed the baby was found to have a fractured skull, along with bruising to its arm and leg. <\/p>\n
The investigation revealed that the baby became caught in the middle of a domestic dispute between the suspect, Georgeina Hayes, and the female victim.<\/p>\n
See also: Woman arrested after 7 animals found living in squalor: SLCSO<\/a><\/p>\n Deputies say Hayes allegedly tried to strangle the victim during the dispute. The victim was able to break free, retrieve the baby and tried to run to a bathroom for protection. <\/p>\n As the victim tried to close the door Hayes began throwing punches, several of those punches landing on the baby resulting in its injuries. <\/p>\n Hayes was arrested and booked on felony counts of domestic battery by strangulation and aggravated child abuse, deputies say. <\/p>\n Hayes is currently being held at the St. Lucie County Jail. <\/p>\n Find more ways to stay up to date with your latest local news. Sign up for our newsletter<\/a> to get the day’s top headlines delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our YouTube channel <\/a>for the biggest stories and can’t miss video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A five month old baby was seriously injured after it got caught in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[692,8128,6041,5713,6265,1793,171,173,172,1402,8129],"class_list":["post-7692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-arrest","tag-assault","tag-child-abuse","tag-domestic-violence","tag-infant","tag-injury","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-st-lucie-county","tag-strangulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}