Shaken-Baby Syndrome has seizures as one of the symptoms

An East Stroudsburg father who allegedly injured his son in a shaken-baby incident was charged with attempted homicide Wednesday, Stroud Area Regional Police said.

Police said Jermaine Rivera, 25, of 53 Borough St., was also charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and endangering the welfare of children. Rivera, who was released on $25,000 unsecured bail by District Judge Michael Muth of East Stroudsburg, allegedly shook his five-week-old son, Ryan, on Feb. 4 until the baby went limp and began having seizures.

Police said Rivera pulled the boy from a swing when the infant started to cry and shook the infant. Police responded with ambulance personnel to a 911 call at Rivera's home, where they received a report just before 10 a.m. that day of an infant having difficulty breathing.

The baby was treated at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, and doctors found the boy suffered from bleeding inside his head, brain swelling and retinal bleeding and that the infant had seizures as a direct result of these injuries, police said. Police said the infant was released this week from the hospital.