NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio — UPDATE: The following story has been edited to include information regarding Baker's arraignment.
A 23-year-old man accused of abducting and killing an infant girl after he crashed into a Tiffin home in late June was charged with aggravated murder in Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court. On Wednesday, Baker was arraigned in Seneca County Common Pleas Court, where he pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder and kidnapping charges.
Baker is scheduled to reappear in court for a pretrial on Sept. 22.
Last week, Seneca County prosecutors also issued an indictment against Jonathon Baker for kidnapping and aggravated murder.
According to an autopsy from the Lucas County Coroner's Office, the seven-month-old infant was shot twice and died from the wounds.
The infant girl was abducted from North Baltimore. The crash happened when Baker suddenly accelerated his vehicle and "erratically drove off the roadway through the front yard of one residence and crashing into another residence, knocking it off its foundation" during a police pursuit on June 27.
The infant, whose name has not been released, and Baker had to be extricated from the vehicle by first responders. Tiffin police also said a loaded weapon and two spent cartridges were found in the vehicle.
Baker was dating the infant's mother and told her that she had killed the baby, Tiffin police said. The incident began as a dispute between Baker and the mother, and Baker eventually took the baby and left in his vehicle.
During the pursuit, Baker turned south onto South Sandusky Street and was heading out of town between Cottage Avenue and Ella Street when a sheriff's deputy and Tiffin police officer pulled up behind him to conduct a traffic stop. He then accelerated at a high speed, eventually ramming his vehicle into the side of a rental home.
Law enforcement then surrounded the vehicle, broke out the window and retrieved the infant "that was bleeding from the head and had labored breathing."
The Tiffin Police Department provided WTOL 11 with body and dash cam footage of the incident: