CLEARFIELD – A Clearfield County man has been found guilty of assaulting a young child.
Jeremy Sipe of Croft was accused of causing head and facial injuries to a 16-month-old boy in 2022. A jury needed less than an hour of deliberation Thursday to find 45-year-old Sipe guilty of endangering the welfare of a child and simple assault charges.
The child’s mother testified in court Wednesday that she saw Sipe walking away from their Goshen Township house with the boy, and when they returned her son’s face was bloodied and swollen. Sipe later claimed that the boy hurt himself by falling over a child safety gate.
Dr. Jennifer Wolford of UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh testified that the child’s injuries were most consistent with trauma that would have been inflicted by a hand slap. Wolford also testified that it was her medical opinion that “if this child returns to this same environment without intervention, he is at serious risk for continued abuse and life-threatening injury.”
Sipe’s trial was held at the Clearfield County Courthouse.
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