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Chesterfield father sentenced to 10 years for baby’s death

Posted at 12:37 AM, Feb 26, 2015
and last updated 2015-02-26 23:44:38-05

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. -- A Chesterfield father will spend ten years in prison for shaking his baby boy so hard the child died.

A judge sentenced Bradley Simmons to the maximum amount of time behind bars possible for the March 2013 death of Jayden Simmons.

The boy was five weeks old when he was abused. Ten days later, he died in the hospital.

RELATED: Chester baby, allegedly shaken by father, dies in hospital

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