EAST LYME, Conn. — An East Lyme 19-year-old was arrested and charged with assaulting a pair of 4-week-old twin babies.
According to the East Lyme Police Department, they were contacted by a medical office in Old Saybrook back in October regarding infants being examined at their office.
The twin four-week-old infants were transported to the emergency room of Yale New Haven Hospital.
The subsequent investigation by East Lyme detectives found that one infant had 13 fractures on different parts of its body in various stages of healing, while the other infant had eight fractures.
Police said as a result of this investigation, they took 19-year-old Torin Ruleman of Maple Tree Lane in East Lyme into custody around 5 p.m. on Monday. He was charged with two counts each of Cruelty to Persons, Risk of Injury to a Child, 2nd Degree Assault with Intent to Injure, and Reckless Endangerment.
He is being held on a $200,000 bond and was presented in court in New London on Tuesday.
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