Jordan Rittenhouse, 24, is due in court Friday, accused of causing his 2-month-old son life-threatening injuries on Aug. 26. The boy is being treated at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital.
Rittenhouse is being charged with 1st degree assault and risk of injury to a minor.
He is an enlisted member of the U.S. Navy and is a student at the Naval Submarine school in Groton.