Mom acquitted of shaking her son

YOUNGSTOWN — A 23-year-old Oregon Avenue woman has been acquitted of child endangering in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Visiting Judge Charles J. Bannon today acquitted Sarah Shumar of shaking her 11-month-old son in March at the end of a nonjury trial that began Tuesday.

The boy has brain damage that has left him disabled on his left side and given him trouble with walking and the use of his left hand.

“Who knows how it happened? That’s what I conclude from all this testimony,” Judge Bannon said before rendering his verdict.

The prosecution’s sole witness was Dr. R. Daryl Steiner, an emergency room physician who examined the boy at Akron Children’s Hospital, the judge noted.

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