May 30, 2025
Steuben County District Attorney Brooks Baker reports that Robert Taft, 26, Hornell, was found guilty yesterday, of two counts of Assault in the First Degree, two counts of Reckless Assault in the First Degree and two counts of Reckless Endangerment in the First Degree. Taft was accused of two baby shaking incidents, in October 2022. “This was a difficult case for all of us, prosecutors, investigators and witnesses,” D.A. Brooks Baker stated. “We all know the victim will suffer for the rest of her life because of what the person who was supposed to protect and care for her did instead. There’s nothing we can do to undo what he did or make her life better – all we could do was our best to get justice for her. Today, the jury did that,” Baker said.
Baker also says, the defendant was represented at trial by Sr. Assistant Public Defender Sujata Ramiah and Terrence Baxter. The defendant is in Steuben County Jail without bail after the verdict by Justice Cook and will be sentenced on August 1.
