A father has been arrested for allegedly physically abusing his five-week-old son.
Suffolk County Police were called to Stony Brook University Hospital on January 21 after an infant was brought into the emergency department by ambulance with injuries consistent with abuse. Following an investigation by Special Victim’s Section detectives, the child’s father, Vincent DiStasi, was arrested today at the hospital where the child is in critical condition.
DiStasi, 31, whose address is being withheld, was charged with first-degree assault, reckless assault of a child and endangering the welfare of a child.
Suffolk County Family and Children Services were notified. DiStasi is being held overnight at the Sixth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on January 30.