I'm going to be tied up much of tonight as more information about Brian Ganley, 26, of Lowell, has been pouring in this afternoon.

For starters, he's being held without bail, and will face a dangerousness hearing Wednesday in Lowell District Court to determine if he will continue to be held without bail for allegedly beating his 2-month-old daugther, who remains in Tufts Medical Center with severe, but non life-threatening injuries.
In addition, a spokesman for Gerry Leone tells me Ganley will also be arraigned Wednesday on a new and more serious count of assault and battery on a child causing substantial bodily injury.
The new count will increase his maximum potential jail time to 15 years. He was only facing five years on the previous count.

I'm also working on a story with a former foster parent who cared for Ganley's first child, a daughter who was placed in foster care at just two-weeks-old with a broken clavical and puncture wounds down her legs, according to the former foster mother.
The foster mother is livid that the state allowed Ganley to have custody of the two-month-old who was allegedly beaten Wednesday. The state has yet to return my calls about this.

I'll update this blog with more details if I get a chance tonight, but right now my first priority is to do the best possible job on the main story for tomorrow's paper.

Stay tuned to this one. You haven't heard the last of Mr. Ganley.