MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) -- A man was ordered to serve over a decade in prison for abusing his infant daughter in December 2023, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced Wednesday. At about 3 a.m. on Dec. 29, 2023, officials learned that a five-month-old girl was bein g transported from Shady Grove Hospital to Children's National Medical Center with unexplained injuries, according to court documents. She was with her father, 26-year-old Oliver Hernandez Caballero, and had skull fractures, a brain hemorrhage, rib fractures and bruising to her body. Officials later learned she was also suffering from multiple lacerations to her liver and other abdominal injuries. Damascus man charged with child abuse of 5-month-old baby in Montgomery County Medical staff at Shady Grove said the injuries were all at different stages of healing, but that the brain hemorrhage was causing the infant to have trouble breathing and possible seizures. While at Children's National, Child Protective Services (CPS) met with Hernandez Caballero, who outlined the events leading up to their visit to the hospital. According to court documents, he was at home with his daughter in the 26300 block of Woodfield Road in Damascus at around 9 p.m. on Dec. 28. He tried feeding her and noticed she was having trouble breathing and drinking from her bottle. Hernandez Caballero called his daughter's mother, who told him to call 911. While speaking to investigators with the Special Victims Investigations Division on Jan. 5, 2024, Hernandez Caballero admitted he shook and punched the five-month-old in the hours leading up to his call for an ambulance. He said he noticed she had trouble breathing after one of the times he punched her in the stomach. He told authorities this was not the first time he had shaken or punched her in the stomach. Though his daughter survived, she was hospitalized for a month with seizure activity, the State's Attorney's Office noted. Hernandez Caballero was charged with first-degree child abuse and convicted by a jury in February 2025. On April 1, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison, with all but 14 years suspended. He will also undergo five years of supervised probation upon his release. ...read more read less