Greencastle man charged with injuring infant boy

Monday, July 23, 2007
Shaun Miles

Greencastle man charged with injuring infant boy

By ADAM COATES, Assistant Editor

A Greencastle man was arrested Sunday and charged with battery to a child, city police said Monday.

Shaun Miles, 21, Greencastle, was arrested at 9:30 a.m. Sunday for allegedly shaking, and causing serious injury, to his girlfriend's 2-month-old son, Greencastle Police Det. Randy Seipel told the BannerGraphic.

Miles was reported to be living with his girlfriend in the Northview Apartment complex where the alleged abuse took place, Seipel said.

According to police, the baby's mother called 911 early Sunday and reported that the child was not breathing. Medics rushed the baby to Putnam County Hospital where, according to Seipel, doctors "believed they observed signs of shaken baby syndrome."

The child was then taken to Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis where, according to police, he remained in critical care on Monday.

Seipel said he interviewed Miles on Sunday morning while fellow Det. Michael Collins interviewed the mother. He said the couple's statements about what happened did not match, prompting him to arrest Miles.

Miles was booked on a charge of battery causing serious bodily injury to a child less than age 14. He could go before the judge on Tuesday, Seipel said.

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  • men like that should be put away for life

    -- Posted by angelmlm2032003 on Thu, Sep 27, 2007, at 9:35 AM
  • to whom it may concern,

    i decided to leave an update on kain(the boy who was shaken by shaun miles). i thought you would all like to know that kain is in the process of making a full recovery. he is doing really well. he does have to go in for some physical theorpy twice a week due to the fact that his right side has a 20% delay but we are working to get that better. if anyone has anymore questions concerning my son please feel free to leave comments and i will answer them.

    -- Posted by nickel_c on Thu, Dec 13, 2007, at 1:32 PM
  • Well it is now 2-4-08 and there is nothing else about this case so I was just wondering what has happened to Shaun and the baby. Really interested in knowing. Thanks

    -- Posted by tickedoffguy on Mon, Feb 4, 2008, at 6:02 PM
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