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Oak Bluffs Baby Brain-Damaged, Teen Father Charged

Shaun Sicsico's infant daughter was taken to Martha's Vineyard Hospital and then airlifted to a Boston hospital with severe brain injuries and bruising to all four limbs, the Vineyard Gazette reports.

Louisa Hufstader, Neighbor
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The 19-year-old father of a 12-week-old girl who suffered "fatal brain damage" Saturday was arraigned on suspicion of assault and battery Monday, according to a report in the Vineyard Gazette.

Shaun Sicsico's infant daughter was taken to Martha's Vineyard Hospital with severe brain injuries and bruising to all four limbs and then airlifted to a Boston hospital where she was in a medically-induced coma, the Gazette reports.

Bail for Sicsico, an Oak Bluffs resident, was set at $50,000, according to the Gazette.

Correction: The original version of this article, posted July 29, misspelled Shaun Sicsico's first name. MV Patch regrets the error.

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