Dad Pleads Guilty To Suffocating Infant Son With Blankets While High
A 21-year old Bronx father pleaded guilty Tuesday to suffocating his 8-month-old son with blankets while he was high on weed — in exchange for three to nine years in prison.
New York Post reports:
Claude Tinnin, 21, copped to one count of second-degree manslaughter in Manhattan Supreme Court for the tragic demise of little August Tinnin on March 22, 2018.
Tinnin allegedly admitted to investigators that he smoked marijuana then wrapped the baby in multiple blankets and sheets, completely covering his head and mouth, then placed him on his stomach for a nap while caring for the tot inside the Rutgers Houses on the Lower East Side.
His girlfriend returned home and found August in his crib, looking pale and blue, and started screaming, according to court papers.
The baby was rushed to a hospital but couldn’t be saved, and a doctor there determined that he died from cardiac arrest likely due to a respiratory injury, according to a criminal complaint.
Antoinette Fleming, the baby boy’s mother, was in the courtroom Tuesday to support her boyfriend. The couple share two children, whom authorities have since placed in the care of an uncle.
Tinnin is due back in court Sept. 10 for sentencing.
