Western Mass. man pleads guilty to slamming 6-year-old into wall
A North Adams man pleaded guilty to assaulting a 6-year-old child in 2022 in Berkshire County Superior Court on Thursday, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office announced Friday.
Jesriel Morales, 37, pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated assault and battery on a child with a deadly weapon and two counts of assault and battery, the district attorney's office said in a press release.
During the incident, Morales slammed the child into a window and wall, hit them with a belt, slapped them and then forced them to kneel on dried rice, the district attorney's office said.
A judge sentenced Morales to two and a half years in prison, two years probation and ordered that Morales have no contact with the victim, the district attorney's office said.
'Jesriel Morales preyed on one of the most innocent members of society. Today my thoughts are with the very young victim. I hope this conclusion provides them some peace and feeling of safety and security,' Berkshire County District Attorney Timothy Shugrue said in the release.
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