Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation today arrested a Gibson County man for child abuse. Samuel Mathew Edmiston, 35, of 3109 Samuel Street, Milan was charged with one count of aggravated child abuse after he shook his 2-month-old son at their residence around New Years because the infant would not stop crying. At approximately 6:00 a.m. on January 1, 2013, Levi Edmiston was taken by ambulance to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital with what was described initially as seizure like symptoms. He was transferred to Vanderbilt Medical Center and diagnosed with a brain bleed. TBI was requested to investigate the case after the Department of Children’s Services referred the incident of possible child abuse to the District Attorney General’s Office. Edmiston was booked into the Gibson County Jail on $75,000 bond.
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