NASHUA - Randy Lee Blanchard, 31, of Nashua, was arrested on charges of child endangerment causing serious injury, a Class C felony, for allegedly shaking his infant daughter.
Blanchard's 6-day old daughter, Aliya, was transferred from Floyd County Memorial Hospital to Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo on Tuesday with injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome.
The Nashua Police Department was contacted by security personnel at Covenant after it was determined that the child likely suffered from shaken baby syndrome. The infant was transferred to Saint Mary's hospital in Rochester, Minn., where she was entered into the intensive care unit.
Randy Blanchard was arrested around 5:30 p.m. Friday in Rochester.
Posted in Regional on Saturday, February 9, 2008 12:00 am
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