Plainfield man accused of causing 2-year-old child’s fractured skull, brain bleed

When a Plainfield man became angry his girlfriend’s 2-year-old child had thrown a cellphone at him, he struck the child, which caused her to suffer a fractured skull and brain bleed, police said.

About 6:50 p.m. Saturday, deputies with the Will County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence in the 21500 block of West Franklin Circle in Plainfield Township for a report of a child who was “unconscious but breathing,” according to a statement from the sheriff’s office.

The child had “suspicious injuries,” including bruising to the left eye and the abdomen, police said, and doctors determined the child had further injuries to her eyes and “potential internal injuries.”

Jordan Padilla, 21, the boyfriend of the child’s mother, initially made statements to paramedics that were “not consistent” with how the child suffered bruises to her face, police said.

Afterward, Padilla was was interviewed by sheriff’s detectives and he made “incriminating statements” regarding how the child was injured, police said.

Detectives determined the child was “struck in the face” by Padilla’s elbow, police said.

Padilla struck the child “because he was angry at her for throwing his cellphone at him,” according to Will County Sheriff’s Deputy Chief Dan Jungles.

The child’s mother was home at the time but she did not witness the incident, Jungles said.

“Padilla also indicated that he never informed the mother what had happened either,” Jungles said.

The child suffered a fractured skull and brain bleed, which has left the child in critical condition at a hospital, police said.

Padilla was arrested on probable cause of aggravated battery of a child, aggravated battery, battery and domestic battery, police said.