NEW YORK (TCD) -- A 31-year-old Bronx man was sentenced to up to a decade in prison for smothering his newborn son with a pillow because he kept crying. The Bronx District Attorney’s Office announced a judge ordered Teshawn Watkins to spend five to 10 years behind bars, plus five years of post-release supervision for the death of 7-week-old Kaseem Watkins. Teshawn Watkins pleaded guilty in December to second-degree manslaughter. He also entered a plea for third-degree assault because he punched the child’s mother, his girlfriend, during her pregnancy. The woman reportedly refus...

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