WARREN (WWJ) -- Charges have been announced against a 32-year-old man in what Warren's police commissioner calls a "heinous" crime.
Darius Julius Hammond-Swan has been ordered held on a $1,000,000 bond, accused in the severe abuse of twin infants and a cat at a Warren hotel.
Police were called to Children's Hospital in Detroit last week after the parents of the 3-month-old twins took them for treatment. Detectives said one baby had fluid on both sides of the brain and the other had a skull fracture.
Both infants also had indications of past physical abuse, police said.
The abuse allegedly took place at the Extended Stay, where a cat with head and face injuries was also found by investigators.
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Hammond-Swan is charged with two counts of child abuse first degree, one count of assault with a dangerous weapon, one count of cruelty to one animal, and one count of domestic violence.
Hammond-Swan was arrested by members of the Warren Special Operations Unit and U.S. in Farmington Hills on Thursday, police said, and was arraigned in 37th District Court.
He faces up to life in prison if convicted as charged.
“It is especially heinous when the victims of violent crime are defenseless infants and pets," said Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer, in a statement. "I am relieved that this suspect was quickly taken into custody and no longer poses a threat to the public at large."
A preliminary exam in the case was scheduled for March 22.
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