Police: City man charged in abuse of 6-month-old

STAMFORD — A city man was arrested on child abuse allegations Thursday after police were told of a 6-month-old child with a fractured arm.

Edgar Ismalej-Gomez, 25, of Stamford, was arrested on a warrant Thursday on charges of second-degree assault and risk of injury to a minor.

The arrest came following a months-long investigation by the Stamford Police Department’s Family Services Division into a case of suspected child abuse.

Stamford police first received reports of the alleged abuse from the Department of Children and Families in January after a 6-month-old child was brought into the hospital with a fractured arm, according to Sgt. William Brevard.

The child’s parents claimed the arm was broken in a fall, but doctors and investigators later concluded that the arm was injured by someone twisting the infant’s arm, Brevard said.

An investigation spearheaded by Officer Jermaine Sylva later identified Ismalej-Gomez as the alleged perpetrator of the act, Brevard said.

Ismalej-Gomez was held on $100,000 bond and given a court date of Aug. 27.