Deputies arrest Sonny Shafer of Lake Havasu for child abuse with injuries
DATE/TIME: October 25, 2017/ 4:25 p.m.
INCIDENT: Child Abuse With Injuries
LOCATION: 30 block of S. Valley Mesa Dr., Havasu Lake, CA
SUSPECT: Sonny Shafer, 30 years old of Havasu Lake
VICTIM: Confidential - 5-month-old male
SUMMARY:
On Sunday, October 22, 2017 between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., Shafer was trying to put the 5 month old male victim down for a nap at his home in the 30 block of S. Valley Mesa Dr. in Havasu Lake, California. During this time, Schaefer was in the room alone with the victim when the victim began having seizures. Medical aid responded to the home and the baby was flown to a trauma center in Las Vegas.
The infant victim was diagnosed with symptoms consistent with Shaken Baby Syndrome and hospitalized. Detectives from the Colorado River Station initiated an investigation and on Tuesday, October 25, 2017 Shafer was interviewed and subsequently arrested. Shafer was booked at the Needles jail on $100,000.00 bail.
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact Detectives Nick Caronna or Tim Preston at (760) 326-9200. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call the We-Tip Hotline at (800) 78-CRIME (27463) or leave information online at www.wetip.com
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Refer: Detectives Nick Caronna or Tim Preston
Station: Colorado River Station
Phone No. 760-326-9200
Case No. 101700334
JOHN McMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
Address/Location
SBSD - Colorado River Sheriffs Department
1111 Bailey Ave
Needles, CA 92363
Contact
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