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May 31, 2007

Man accused of assaulting infant son held on $1M bail

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- A Fall River man accused of assaulting his 8-month-old son has been ordered held on $1-million surety bail by a judge.

Christopher Cerce, 30, of 81 Webster St., 3rd floor, pleaded not guilty at today's arraignment in New Bedford Superior Court to two counts of assault and battery with substantial body injury.

The surety bail means coming up with $100,000 or the full amount in property.

The infant, who the police have said they found unconscious in Cerce's apartment, was taken to St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River and then moved to Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, where he remains.

A Bristol County grand jury indicted Cerce earlier this month .

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with reports from Journal staff writer Meaghan Wims

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 5:54 PM | Permalink

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