ROCHESTER, Minn. – A man accused of breaking his infant son’s leg is taking a plea deal.

Online court records state Jeffrey Michael Phillips, 43 of Stewartville, has entered a guilty plea to one count of malicious punishment of a child. Charges of domestic assault and third-degree assault with likely be dismissed when Phillips is sentenced, which is set for November 10.

The Rochester Police Department says it was notified a 7-week-old boy was brought to the emergency room with a leg broken in two places on February 6. The child’s mother reportedly told officers she tripped and fell down the stairs while holding the child at a home in Rochester.

Investigators say the mother later changed her story and told police the baby’s father, Phillips, may have hurt him while dressing the child a

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