The Bradford man convicted of beating an 18-month-old nearly to death was sentenced on Thursday.
30-year-old Tyler Prescott was sentenced in McKean County Court to 20 to 40 months in the custody of the state Department of Corrections on charges of aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person and endangering the welfare of children.
According to court filings, Prescott was watching the child while the mother was at work on March 3rd, 2021. Later that evening the mother found the child’s head was swollen, both eyes were swollen shut and several bruises around the head and neck. Staff at Oishei Children’s hospital found that the child had suffered a basal skull fracture, fractured right ulna, and bruising around the head and neck, injuries which they described as “near fatal.”