SBS: Tennessee: Jacob Vines indicted

John Thompson, NET News Service

March 3rd, 2011 

ELIZABETHTON — The father of an infant who had injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome was arrested Tuesday after being indicted by a Carter County grand jury.

 

Jacob Vines

 

 

Jacob D. Vines, 22, was indicted on a charge of aggravated child abuse. He is scheduled to answer the charge during the next session of Criminal Court.
Investigator Chris Bowers said in an Elizabethton Police Department news release that the incident occurred on Nov. 4, when Vines’ then 1-month-old daughter was transported to Johnson City Medical Center in what was described a "life-threatening event."
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SBS: Tennessee: Jacob Vines charged

March 1, 2011: Preston Ayres

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. -- On November 4, 2010 the Elizabethton Police Department and the Department of Children's Services began an investigation into allegations of child abuse occurring at a home on Pine Ridge Circle, Elizabethton Tennessee.
A one-month-old female infant had been transported to the Johnson City Medical Center after a life threatening incident.
The initial examination of the infant revealed her to have injuries that are classified as non-accidental trauma.
Later examinations of the infant revealed injuries that are consistent with shaken baby syndrome.
The investigation revealed the father, Jacob D. Vines, was alone with the infant downstairs immediately prior to the life threatening event while the mother was upstairs with another child.
The case was presented to the Carter County Grand Jury on March 1, 2011, who returned a true bill charging Jacob D. Vines with Aggravated Child Abuse.
Vines was arrested the same day and transported to the Carter County Jail.
 Bond was set at $200,000.
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