SOMERSET, Pa. -- A Somerset man is accused of breaking his infant's leg and shocking the baby with a stun gun, WTAE Channel 4's Jennifer Miele reported on Thursday.

Brandon Alan Austill, 21, was arraigned on charges including six counts of aggravated assault and eight counts of reckless endangerment.

Somerset Borough police said Austill admitted to smashing the infant's head against a bathroom sink and a dining room table. Police said Austill also bent the infant's leg until he heard it break and jolted the baby with a stun gun.

The baby's injuries included a broken left tibia, broken left ulna, broken left femur, face fractures and two skull fractures.

Police allege that abuse occurred between Sept. 11 and Oct. 31 at Austill and the baby's mother, Brianna Clark's, apartment. Some of the alleged abuse occurred when the baby was only 4 days old, authorities said.

The baby was flown from Somerset to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh on Oct. 31 and is still recovering.

Austill is being held in the Somerset County Jail on $75,000 bond.

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