BUTTE — An Anaconda man has been sentenced to the supervision of the Department of Corrections for breaking his infant daughter’s ribs in 2015.
The Montana Standard reports District Judge Robert Whelan sentenced 30-year-old David James Cuchine on Wednesday to five years in the agency’s custody for criminal endangerment. The agency will determine his level of supervision, which can range from probation to prison. He remained jailed in Butte Thursday.
Whelan also prohibited Cuchine from having any contact with his daughter until she turns 18, and only if she initiates the contact.
Public defender Josh Demers said Cuchine was physically and emotionally abused as a child and had participated in therapy and anger management in recent months and was “very contrite.”
Doctors said Cuchine’s then 4-month-old daughter suffered broken and displaced ribs in December 2015.