A 2-month-old girl was taken to the hospital on May 25 for projectile vomiting. Doctors there noticed blood spots on her brain and sent her to All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg. There, she was diagnosed as having neurological damage and hemorrhaging in her brain and eyes: All the symptoms of shaken baby syndrome. "I did it," Anthony B. Curatolo told authorities, according to his arrest report. "I was too rough with her." Curatolo, 22, told investigators the child might have been injured when he accidentally smacked the back of her head against a doorway while carrying her. Or he might have bounced her too much in her bouncy swing, he said, according to the Pasco Sheriff's Office report. Kevin Doll, spokesman for the Sheriff's Office, said the baby was released from the hospital on Sunday and is in custody of caregivers. He would not release the identities of the caregivers or Curatolo's relationship to the infant. He said the girl's long-term prognosis is not known. Curatolo, a laborer who lives at 10160 Briar Circle in Hudson, was arrested Monday on a charge of aggravated child abuse and is being held without bail at the Land O'Lakes jail. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, this is Curatolo's first arrest in Florida.
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Correction
Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Mike Alstott is not a confirmed celebrity for the June 20 charity softball game hosted by the Nature Coast Lodge 164 of the Fraternal Order of Police. An article in Tuesday's edition, which used information provided by event organizers, stated otherwise.
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