Police have found the man accused of hurting a 7-month-old baby in Old Saybrook.
Keith Loftus, 31, was arrested in Middletown Thursday evening after officers were dispatched to the YMCA on Union Street for a suspicious male looking into cars.
Loftus had an active arrest warrant with the Old Saybrook Police Department for charges of assault on an infant, police said.
According to investigators, he was watching his girlfriend's baby in September when the child was brought to the Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital with injuries consistent with abuse.
Hospital staff alerted Old Saybrook police, because the baby's mother, Crystal Dorothy, lives in Old Saybrook.
Authorities said Loftus was child's Dorothy's boyfriend, and cared for the infant while Dorothy was at work. The alleged abuse happened over several days in September while the child was in the care of Loftus, according to police.
Loftus and Dorothy made up a story about how the child was injured, police said.
After a lengthy investigation, police arrested Crystal Dorothy, 26, Tuesday. She is charged with risk of injury to a minor, providing a false statement and interfering with an officer.
Loftus was transported from Middletown to the police department in Old Saybrook for processing. Police said he is being held on $150.00 bail. He was charged with first-degree assault, risk of injury to a minor, two counts of conspiracy, and interfering with an officer.
Authorities said Loftus has also been charged with violation of probation, first-degree larceny, and theft of a firearm.
He will face a judge in Middletown Superior Court Friday.