[February 09, 2010] Man allegedly shakes infant for interrupting his video game Tweet CHEYENNE, Feb 09, 2010 (Wyoming Tribune-Eagle - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- A local man has been charged on suspicion of shaking his 7-month-old daughter because her crying disrupted his video game playing. Robert T. Scott, 21, of Cheyenne made his first appearance Monday in Laramie County Circuit Court on a charge of felony aggravated child abuse responsible for physical injury, court documents show. The crime carries a penalty of up to 25 years in prison, a $10,000 fine or both. According to documents, doctors at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center called police at about 2:48 a.m. Saturday because a 7-month-old girl had a "brain bleed." Cheyenne Police Detective Sgt. Rick Wood said the infant could be released in the next few days from Children's Hospital in Denver. "It's looking like the baby is doing much better," he said. Robert Scott's father, David Scott, said he has heard from the mother that the baby is OK. David Scott said his son was scared when he spoke with him Monday morning. "He's a good kid," David Scott said. "I don't know what happened." Authorities say Robert T. Scott told them he was watching the girl at his residence in the 1000 block of West Sixth Street, documents show. Officers said Scott told them the girl was crying, "which was disrupting his video game play on the computer," according to jail records. "Scott became upset with the infant and put her in her crib," the records show. "When the infant continued to cry, he went back to the infant's crib. "Scott picked the child up under the arm pits. Scott shook the infant back and forth violently and then dropped her in the crib. Scott left the room." Court documents show Scott returned to the room to find the infant rigid and unconscious. He is being held on $30,000 bond at the Laramie County jail. On Feb. 16, a judge is scheduled to decide if there is enough evidence to order Scott to trial on the charge. To see more of Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.wyomingnews.com/. Copyright (c) 2010, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, Cheyenne Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]