A Mount Joy man owes over $459,000 in restitution costs regarding his conviction of endangering an infant who sustained a brain injury in 2017.

The infant was under Daniel D. Deleon’s care on June 1, 2017, when the boy sustained a skull fracture and other permanent injuries.

Deleon was convicted at trial last year of endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment. As part of sentence, Deleon was ordered to pay $459,150 in restitution for the boy’s medical treatment and care.

Deleon filed a motion challenging the order of restitution. Deleon argued since he was acquitted of aggravated assault charges, he is not responsible for restitution.

Assistant District Attorney Christine L. Wilson, who prosecuted, filed a brief arguing the opposite.

Lancaster County Judge Margaret Miller issued an order on Jan. 31 finding that Deleon owes restitution.

Judge Miller, in her 5-page opinion, references the “but-for” test, writing that the victim would not have been injured but for the defendant’s criminal conduct.

Deleon “created a condition of danger and the serious, permanent bodily injuries sustained by (the child) during defendant’s period of supervision were the result of the dangerous condition defendant created,” the judge’s opinion states.

MEDIA CONTACT: Brett A. Hambright, 717-295-2041; bhambright@co.lancaster.pa.us; Twitter: @BrettHambright