Towamencin Father Charged in Shaken Baby Syndrome Case

Towamencin Police have charged a father with endangering the welfare of children after county youth services found his child to have suffered from injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome.

Danilo Antonio Duran, 40, of the 1900 block of Nashmont Court, Towamencin, is charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children and simple assault, police said.

Duran was arraigned before District Judge Harold Borek and committed to Montgomery County Prison in lieu of $50,000 cash bail.

On Sept. 26, at 11:35 a.m., a man flagged down a Towamencin Township officer on patrol near Forty Foot Road and Allentown Road.

The man told police he had been attempting to drive his five-month-old child to the hospital because the chid had suffered a seizure, police said.

Police immediately summoned an ambulance to respond, and both parties were taken to Grand View Hospital in West Rockhill Township, police said.

Grand View Hospital identified two subdural hematomas indicative of a significant and serious head injury, police said.

The child was transferred to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Towamencin Police and Montgomery County Children and Youth Services were notified. These and other findings indicated injuries consistent with “shaken baby syndrome," police said.

Subsequent to the police investigation, Towamencin Detectives found that the father had sole care, custody, and control over the child since 5:50 a.m. Sept. 26 at his home on the 1900 block of Nashmont Court.

On Sept. 29, 2011 the father was arrested by Towamencin Detectives and charges were filed.