SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WHBL) -- A Cascade man charged in the accidental death of his fiancee's son is going to prison.
32-year-old Armando Aguirre was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison and five years on extended supervision. He agreed to plead no contest to second degree reckless injury under a plea bargain last month. That sentence exceeded the prosecution's recommendation of five years in prison and three on supervision.
At a preliminary hearing in the case, District Attorney Joe DeCecco said, "We believe his account as far as what he was doing, but we think maybe he slipped, maybe he miscalculated. That child hit that floor really hard, and that’s what caused the ultimate conditions that led to his death."
Police say Aguirre was playing with his fiancee's four year old son and his own three year old son when they asked to be swung around. He picked up the four year old by the feet and started swinging, when the boy's head hit the floor. The child suffered a seizure and brain injury, and was transported to Children's Hospital in Milwaukee where he later died.