Two parents were sentenced to probation and ordered to undergo mental health evaluations Thursday after pleading guilty to charges for causing injuries, including multiple broken bones, to their 3-month old baby in September 2023.

Destiny G. Valimont, 22, and Dustin S. Snyder, 32, formerly of Parker, were sentenced under terms of separate plea agreements.

Valimont pleaded guilty to a felony charge of aggravated assault of a victim less than 6 years old, and was sentenced to six to 12 months in prison, but was immediately paroled to serve 48 months of probation.

Snyder pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of recklessly endangering another person, and was sentenced to 18 months probation.

Judge Timothy McCune ordered the defendants, who now live in Crawford County, to undergo mental health evaluations and follow any recommendations from the evaluations.

State police filed charges after staff at a Pittsburgh hospital examined the infant and found several injuries. Doctors said the injuries were “virtually diagnostic of physical child abuse.”

Doctors told troopers that the child had a displaced oblique fracture to the right femur, a fracture to the right tibia and fractures to two left ribs. Police said the rib fractures were in various stages of healing.

Valimont reported to a county social worker that she thought she broke or dislocated the child’s hip. The child was taken to AHN Grove City on Sept. 17, according to an affidavit.

Troopers interviewed Valimont and Snyder at the hospital before the child was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital. Valimont told police that on Sept. 15, she was attempting to help the baby release gas when she “heard a crack” while pushing on his legs, according to the affidavit.

When police asked Snyder why he didn’t take the child to the hospital that day, he said he’d just drank a beer and “didn’t want to go to the hospital and be questioned,” according to the affidavit.

During a later interview at the Butler state police barracks, Valimont disclosed that she was angry with the child for being fussy and pushed on its leg forcefully before hearing it crack, according to the affidavit.

The treating physician advised that the infant’s injuries were “not consistent with how (they) were reported.” Police said doctors noted that the child was in substantial pain and suffered impairment of function, according to the affidavit.