Milwaukee police officer accused; abusing infant, faces 2 charges

MILWAUKEE – A 30-year-old Milwaukee man, who’s a Milwaukee police officer, is accused of bodily abusing his 2-month-old toddler – and he now faces two counts of bodily abuse of a child-recklessly trigger nice bodily hurt. The accused is Martinese McDaniel.

In line with the felony grievance, a Milwaukee police detective responded to Youngsters’s Wisconsin on Saturday, Jan. 14 concerning a 2-month-old toddler who had been admitted that morning. The kid had “reportedly stopped respiration whereas in her father’s care,” the grievance says. After being admitted, “medical professionals identified (the toddler) with subdural bleeding on the mind, which is regarding for non-accidental trauma,” the grievance says.

When the detective arrived on the hospital, he spoke with the daddy of the kid, defendant Martinese McDaniel. The grievance says McDaniel lives on Milwaukee’s northwest aspect together with his girlfriend and his 4 kids — “the 2 youngest of that are twins.” McDaniel informed the detective round 7 a.m. on Jan. 14, he fed the twins a bottle. After feeding them, he acknowledged he “used a bicycle method on every of the twins to pump their legs in an effort to alleviate fuel. The defendant then put every of the twins in a crib,” the grievance says. A short while later, the grievance says the toddler who was admitted to the hospital “grew to become fussy.” The defendant picked up the kid, and repeated the bicycle method. The defendant informed the detective that in this course of, (the toddler) “took a pointy gasp of air. After taking a brief gasp, (the toddler) stopped respiration,” the grievance says.

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In line with the grievance, the defendant feared the toddler was choking, so he positioned the toddler chest down and “patted (the toddler’s) higher again with two fingers in an try to clear any blockage.” McDaniel additionally carried out CPR, however the little one “remained unresponsive,” the grievance says.

The grievance goes on to say, “Panicking, the defendant shook (the toddler) three to 4 occasions. (The toddler) nonetheless didn’t reply.” At that time, McDaniel informed his girlfriend to name 911 — and he began chest compressions. McDaniel informed the detective he “continued to carry out chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on (the toddler) till (the toddler) began to breathe on her personal. A short while later, the Milwaukee Fireplace Division arrived on the scene — and took the toddler to Youngsters’s Wisconsin. The defendant “confirmed that (the toddler) was in good well being previous to the defendant caring for (the toddler) in the course of the morning hours of January 14, 2023,” the grievance says.

Authorities questioned McDaniel’s girlfriend. She indicated (the toddler) “was in good well being previous to being left within the sole care of the defendant” on that Saturday morning. She “confirmed that there have been no accidents or falls the place (the toddler) has been dropped,” the grievance says.

On Sunday, Jan. 15, the grievance says a baby abuse pediatrician carried out a scientific session on the toddler. She discovered the kid had a number of bruises to her chest, left stomach, and left leg. An examination of the kid’s eye “revealed bilateral, too quite a few to depend, retinal hemorrhages,” the grievance says. The physician additionally identified the toddler with “struggling a mind damage with an acute change in consciousness.”

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In line with the felony grievance, investigators “found that the defendant had Blink safety cameras on the skin of his residence, in addition to one surveillance digital camera on the within of the residence. The defendant supplied surveillance video for the twelve-hour time-frame that might have lined the occasions” involving the kid. The grievance famous, “there’s a one-hour time-frame lacking from the surveillance video from within the residence,” from 7 a.m. till 8 a.m. on that Saturday.

McDaniel made his preliminary look in Milwaukee County courtroom on Sunday, Jan. 22. Money bond was set at $5,000. McDaniel is due again in courtroom for a bail/bond listening to on Friday, Jan. 27.

Different investigations involving MPD

That is the third felony investigation involving a member of the Milwaukee Police Division in latest days. Officers says they’re all separate and unrelated investigations involving battery and sexual assault. The officers in these two earlier incidents have but to be charged or recognized. On Monday, Jan. 23, MPD launched the next assertion:

“The Milwaukee Police Division holds our members to the very best stage of integrity. If a member violates our code of conduct, they are going to be held accountable. These incidents are presently beneath overview. MPD is dedicated to working with our neighborhood to assist construct sustainable neighborhoods, freed from crime and maintained by optimistic relationships.”