Background: The Milwaukee, Wis., neighborhood where Sergio Chavez-Morales allegedly threw a baby (Google Maps). Inset: Sergio Chavez-Morales (Milwaukee County Sheriff”s Office).

Sergio Chavez-Morales, aged 38, was taken into custody on December 26, 2025, following accusations of throwing a 5-month-old infant across a hallway within a Milwaukee apartment complex. According to a criminal complaint accessed by local CBS station WDJT, the incident allegedly took place on December 22, 2025, when Milwaukee Police Department officers responded to a report of a weapons disturbance. More details can be found in this news article.

The police reported that Chavez-Morales was pursued by a 19-year-old woman wielding a knife. The woman claimed to have witnessed Chavez-Morales seize the infant and hurl the child down the hallway.

Local Fox affiliate WITI provided further insights from the criminal complaint, revealing that officers separated and interviewed both individuals. The woman reportedly informed the police that she observed Chavez-Morales “grab” and “throw” the baby, which resulted in the child crying out in pain.

According to reporting on the criminal complaint by local Fox affiliate WITI, officers were able to separate Chavez-Morales and the 19-year-old woman and interview them both. Police said the woman told them that she saw Chavez-Morales “grab” the baby and “throw” the baby “across the hallway causing [the child] to cry out in pain.”

The complaint said several other witnesses at the scene told police close to the same story, saying that Chavez-Morales allegedly threw the baby across the hallway or to the ground.

Police said that the baby was taken to Children’s Wisconsin hospital for treatment, and “no immediate fractured bones could be observed.”

Court records show that Chavez-Morales is awaiting trial for separate strangulation and disorderly conduct charges. That trial was scheduled to begin on Jan. 5.

Chavez-Morales was placed under arrest and booked into the Milwaukee County Jail. He was charged with child abuse and bail jumping. After his initial court appearance, Chavez-Morales’ bond was set at $3,000 cash, which he posted on Wednesday. He is due back in court for a preliminary hearing on Jan. 2.