Waunakee Man Arrested on Child Abuse Charges

February 13, 2008
Contact: Elise Schaffer, PIO Phone: (608) 284-6142 Email: schaffer@co.dane.wi.us
Sheriff's Office

Dane County Sheriff’s Detectives have arrested David A. Roberts, age 20 of Waunakee, on 1 count of Physical Abuse of a Child. Waunakee Police and Waunakee EMS responded to a residence on Knightsbridge Road in Waunakee yesterday at approximately 9:30 am, after the infants mother called 911. The 3-month-old male was immediately transported by Waunakee EMS to the University of Wisconsin Hospital Emergency Room. At this time the baby remains in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Roberts is being held in the Dane County Jail.