Man is accused of abusing his girlfriend's 1-year-old

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A Washington County man is accused of abusing his girlfriend's 1-year-old son so badly the child is now on a ventilator.

The baby being treated at Children's Hospital has a traumatic brain injury and extensive bruising.

The boy's mother says Lyndon Henderson was babysitting last weekend and when she returned from work her son was unresponsive.

Henderson is charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and child endangerment.

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