Father Who Dangled Baby From Balcony Gets 2 Years
A Burbank man who struggled with police and firefighters fighting to keep him from jumping off a third-floor balcony with his infant daughter was sentenced Friday to two years in state prison for child endangerment.
Pasadena Superior Court Judge Jack Tso sentenced Rudolfo Regalado, 31, in the dramatic Dec. 22 incident at Regalado’s apartment on Naomi Street. Regalado was hanging over his apartment balcony dangling his 4-month-old daughter, Raquel, and screaming in Spanish, “I’m going to let her go!” before two Burbank police officers restrained him and a firefighter grabbed the baby.
Police had been called to the apartment by Regalado’s wife, Yolanda, who reported that he had attacked her with a knife during an argument.
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