LAKE ARIEL, PA — Wayne County district attorney A.G. Howell announced the arrest of Michael Alexander Crowl, 26, of Lake Ariel, PA, for causing the death of a three-month old child.

Crowl was arrested at approximately 1:30 a.m. on Nov. 14. and charged with criminal homicide, a felony. 

Crowl admitted to shaking the victim, which caused him to start having seizures, according to the police criminal complaint affidavit of probable cause filed by Pennsylvania State Troopers Christopher Schelling and Michael Collins.

The child was found to have multiple injuries consistent with abusive head trauma, the police said. 

A preliminary arraignment was conducted by magisterial district judge Kay Bates. Crowl was remanded to the Wayne County Correctional Facility with bail being denied. 

He was scheduled to appear on Nov. 22 in central court. 

The filing of criminal charges is not evidence of guilt but simply a description of the charge made by the commonwealth against a defendant. A charged defendant is presumed innocent until a jury returns a unanimous finding that the commonwealth has proven the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt or until the defendant enters a guilty plea to the charges.