A Newton County, Missouri, man faces charges after a 9-month-old infant is found unconscious.

 28-year-old Jordan Boggess of Newtonia, Missouri, faces charges of child abuse or neglect of a child with serious, physical injury after an infant in his care was found unconscious and not breathing. Authorities were called to the scene over the weekend where they say Boggess admitted to tossing the child in the air to comfort them but that he failed to catch the baby. Responders say Boggess also admitted to bear-hugging the child until it stopped crying.

The baby was taken to Freeman Hospital in Joplin and later transferred to Children's Mercy in Kansas City with head trauma and other injuries consistent with physical abuse. The baby remains in critical condition.