BELLINGHAM — A northwestern Washington man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting an infant in his care and leaving the child with critical head injuries.
The Bellingham Herald reported Monday that 25-year-old Evaristo Mendez faces a first-degree assault charge in connection with the Dec. 31 incident.
City of Ferndale spokesman Riley Sweeney says a Seattle hospital alerted officers to a possible assault on the 6-month-old child on Jan. 12.
The baby underwent surgery to release fluid from his brain and was released from the hospital last week.