A northwest side boy is in critical condition and a man is in custody on suspicion of child abuse.
Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of an unresponsive child on the 3400 block of West Sagebrush Hills Court on Nov. 29. The 2-year-old boy was in need of immediate medical attention and transported to Banner University Medical center for surgery, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said in news release Wednesday.
The mother’s boyfriend, Peter John Schmidtfranz, 38, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of child abuse and booked into the Pima County jail.
