Overview
- A staff member at South Shore Hospital reported suspected physical abuse on July 17 after the mother brought the infant in for treatment, triggering a criminal inquiry.
- Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office and Abington Police conducted a roughly two-week investigation that developed probable cause.
- Jillian Timmons, 34, was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of assault and battery on a child causing serious bodily injury and one count of reckless endangerment of a child.
- The two-month-old is being treated at a Boston hospital and officials have not released details about her medical condition.
- Timmons is in custody and scheduled for arraignment in Brockton District Court on Friday as the Plymouth County DA’s Office moves the case into the prosecutorial phase and prosecutors prepare further filings and updates.