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Iowa man gets 20 years for injuring 5-month-old

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March 2nd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – A 21-year-old Council Bluffs man has been given 20 years in prison for injuring a baby. The Daily Nonpareil reports that Rodney Weatherwax was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to two counts of child endangerment causing injury.

A court document says Weatherwax injured the baby at least three times between Sept. 1 and Nov. 30. The 5-month-old child suffered at least 20 fractures. The child’s mother told doctors that Weatherwax punched the child in the face.

Weatherwax says he was intoxicated when the infant was injured.