Pinoy faces charges after punching, rupturing 3-year-old's bowel

According to a 3-page arrest report obtained by Balitang America from the justice court, on February 21st of this year, an unconscious 3-year-old child arrived at a local hospital with her mother.

The report says the mother of the child told police that a babysitter  punched the 3-year-old victim and that baby sitter was a neighbor named  “Mau.” But after being taken into custody, the mother of the victim told police the truth and that her boyfriend, Mauricio Paras, is the babysitter of her 2 children.

Paras is currently booked at the Clark County Detention Center facing 2 charges of child abuse and neglect with substantial bodily harm.

Paras admitted that he punched the 3-year-old victim 5 times on her stomach because she defecated and made a mess while eating.

said that abuse and neglect can occur in families where there is a great deal of stress. The stress can result from a family history of violence, drug or alcohol abuse, poverty, and chronic health problems.

“The way it’s charged, it looks like they made alternate theories that the state, the prosecution is saying that it’s either gonna be a one-to-six variety, where he faces a minimum sentence of one year to six years or if they can prove substantial bodily harm — which again at first blush, it looks like that they certainly have substantial bodily harm here. Then he’s facing 2 to 20 years in prison,” Fil-Am criminal defense attorney Cesar Almase said.

Paras is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on July 17 of this year.