BROCKTON – A Plymouth County woman was arraigned Monday in Brockton Superior Court on charges resulting from alleged physical abuse of her two-month-old child that caused severe injuries, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz has announced.
34-year-old Jillian Timmons of Abington is charged with on one count each of Assault and Battery on a Child Causing Serious Bodily Injury and Reckless Endangerment of a Child. She was placed on $20,000 cash bail and ordered to stay away and have no contact with her child unless supervised by the state Department of Children and Families or at the request of a healthcare professional. Timmons was also ordered to stay away and have no contact with an alleged co-defendant.
The Commonwealth had requested Timmons be placed on $50,000 cash bail. She is slated to return to Brockton Superior Court for a hearing on November 17th.
Timmons was charged following a two-week investigation by Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office and Abington Police.
On July 17th, a mandated reporter at South Shore Hospital contacted authorities about the suspected physical abuse of Timmons’ daughter, after Timmons brought her into South Shore Hospital for treatment. The infant had a core temperature of 93 degrees, and had bruises on the left and right sides of her face. As a result, she was medflighted to Children’s Hospital in Boston. It has been determined that the infant suffered serious brain bleeds that were several days old, and consistent with physical abuse and blunt force trauma. The injuries are believed to be so severe that the infant may never walk, speak, feed or care for themself.
