(Brookings, SD) — A Brookings man is in custody after reportedly physically abusing an infant. Police say 19-year-old Bailey Melchor abused a three-month-old baby who suffered multiple fractured ribs and possible hemorrhaging of the brain. Authorities have not specified how Melchor knew the child. He faces two felony counts of abuse or cruelty of a minor under age seven and aggravated battery of an infant. Melchor is still in custody at the Brookings County Detention Center.
