Bail
was set at $1 million Tuesday for a 25-year-old Washington man accused of
putting his 6-week-old daughter in a 10-degree freezer for about an hour to
stop her crying.
Doctors
believe the baby will survive but it's too soon to know potential
complications, Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist said.
The
child's core temperature fell to 84 degrees in the freezer, prosecutors said.
She also had a broken arm and leg and a head injury, medical staff determined.
Tyler
James Deutsch pleaded not guilty to charges of child assault, criminal
mistreatment and interfering with the reporting of domestic violence. He was
represented by a public defender.
According
to court papers, Deutsch gave Pierce County sheriff's officers several accounts
but finally said he put the child in the freezer Saturday afternoon
"because he was tired and she was crying."
Deutsch
said he fell asleep, awoke as the baby's 22-year-old mother returned to their
trailer in Roy, Wash., and was removing the baby from the freezer as the mother
came in, according to the prosecutor's account.
Deutsch
said little at Tuesday's arraignment other than to answer "yes" to
Pierce County Court Commissioner Meagan Foley's questions about his address and
the spelling of his name, The News Tribune reported.
The
baby was clothed when the mother left, charging papers said, but wore only a
diaper when she was removed from the freezer.
The
man is accused of taking a phone away when the mother tried to call for help.
She took the child and got neighbors to call 911, authorities said.
Foley
set a tentative trial date of July 15. If the man makes bail, he'll be barred
from any contact with the baby or her mother.
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