Detectives have arrested a father from North Hollywood on suspicion of causing catastrophic and permanent brain injuries to his 14-month-old son.
Cesar Cabrera has been charged by prosecutors with one count each of child abuse causing great bodily injury and assault on a child resulting in paralysis of a permanent nature, authorities said late Wednesday.
Cabrera was arrested Tuesday and has been released on bond. He is due in court next month.
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The LAPD’s Juvenile Division has been investigating the source of the unnamed boy’s injuries since March 22, 2022, when he was transported to a hospital emergency room.
Doctors there told police the boy had suffered permanent head and brain injuries as a result of child abuse.
The LAPD told NBC4’s I-Team Cabrera confessed during questioning and admitted to abusing his son.
