UPDATED: Monday Arraignment for Fairfield Teen Dad Who Allegedly Bit Off Nose of Infant Son

By Bay City News

UPDATED: FRIDAY, March 14

A young father accused of biting off part of his infant son's nose because he would not stop crying will be arraigned in Solano County Superior Court Monday afternoon.

Joshua Cooper, 18, of Fairfield, was booked in the Solano County jail Thursday afternoon on felony charges of aggravated mayhem and child cruelty causing injury or death. He is being held under $765,000 bail.
  
Police said a hysterical female called them around 8:10 a.m. Thursday and said her infant child was bleeding from the head, Sgt. Troy Oviatt said.

Police found a month-old boy bleeding from the face in a Fairfield apartment in the 1000 block of Alaska Avenue. The boy was in stable condition today. 

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Thursday, March 13
  
A Fairfield man who allegedly bit off part of the nose of his infant son because the child was crying has been arrested, police said today.

Fairfield police were called to an apartment on the 1000 block of Alaska Avenue shortly after 8 a.m. after a "hysterical female" called reporting that her baby was bleeding from the nose, according to Sgt. Troy Oviatt.

Officers arriving at the apartment found a 1-month-old infant bleeding from the face.

A number of family members were present including the child's 18-year-old father, Joshua Cooper, and 17-year-old mother, Oviatt said.

The baby was taken to NorthBay Medical Center in Fairfield for treatment, where doctors determined the baby's nose had been severed and the child had suffered possible head trauma.

The child was transferred to Children's Hospital Oakland, where doctors determined he had suffered a skull fracture and a brain hemorrhage, and had lost one-third of his nose, Oviatt said.

The boy is currently in stable condition, Oviatt said.

Investigators arrested Cooper on suspicion of child cruelty and aggravated mayhem after finding that he had allegedly bitten off the baby's nose because he was frustrated at the child's crying, Oviatt said.

An investigation continues into how the baby sustained the skull fracture and brain hemorrhage.

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