{"id":263351,"date":"2026-08-11T16:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/263351\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T16:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:52:07","slug":"parents-held-on-1m-bail-after-baby-suffers-fractures-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/263351\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents held on $1M bail after baby suffers fractures \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 5-week-old girl suffered skull fractures and other broken bones, injuries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/parents-charged-after-infant-taken-to-chop-with-severe-physical-abuse-police\/4446063\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">prosecutors allege were inflicted by her parents<\/a>, according to court documents obtained by the NBC10 Investigators.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia police arrested Tyrone Jones, 22, and Secret McCleve-Sar, 21, both of Philadelphia, on Sunday, Aug. 9. The arrests followed a manhunt for the couple after their infant was removed from the hospital on Friday, Aug. 7, without a medical release, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Untitled-May-07-2026-at-11.38.11-28.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"Secret McCleve-Sar (left), Tyrone Jones (right).\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tNBC10 PhiladelphiaNBC10 Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>Secret McCleve-Sar (left), Tyrone Jones (right).<\/p>\n<p>Police initially described the child as 7 weeks old, but court documents indicate she was 5 weeks old at the time of her parents&#8217; arrest. Court documents describe her injuries as &#8220;serious,&#8221; including fractures to her skull, orbital bone, ribs and ankles.<\/p>\n<p>The infant was first taken to Jefferson Hospital, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/parents-charged-after-infant-taken-to-chop-with-severe-physical-abuse-police\/4446063\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">medical professionals recommended<\/a> she be transferred to Children&#8217;s Hospital of Philadelphia, police said. After arriving at CHOP, doctors recommended she be admitted, but her father removed her from the hospital without a medical release, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Jones and McCleve-Sar are accused of removing the child from the hospital against medical and DHS instructions and preventing &#8220;emergent life-saving care,&#8221; according to the documents. Both face charges including aggravated assault, kidnapping, conspiracy and endangering the welfare of a child.<\/p>\n<p>NBC10 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/parents-charged-after-infant-taken-to-chop-with-severe-physical-abuse-police\/4446063\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was outside a home<\/a> near East Penn and Magnolia streets in Northwest Philadelphia around 5 p.m. Saturday and observed officers there in connection with the case. Documents indicate that the couple&#8217;s last known address was associated with the property.<\/p>\n<p>During their initial court appearances Sunday, a judge set bail at $1 million for each defendant. Court records show prosecutors requested that amount.<\/p>\n<p>A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 19. Both Jones and McCleve-Sar remained in custody as of Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys listed for Jones and McCleve-Sar did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Investigative reporter David Charns can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/philadelphia-parents-charged-after-infant-suffers-skull-fractures-broken-bones\/4446370\/mailto:david.charns@nbcuni.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">david.charns@nbcuni.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 5-week-old girl suffered skull fractures and other broken bones, injuries prosecutors allege were inflicted by her parents,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-263351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}