MONROE, Conn. — A babysitter turned herself in on a warrant on Jan. 26, charging her with allegedly abusing an infant she cared for at a Monroe home.
On Jan. 9, the child’s father came to the police department to file a child abuse complaint. He told officers his longterm nanny watched his children for up to 30 hours a week for four years and he had never suspected her of abusing them in the past.
But the night before, he observed a bump on his infant child’s forehead and, after reviewing in-home surveillance footage, he came across a video of the babysitter allegedly pushing his child into the couch by her face and another video of her allegedly aggressively holding the infant face down, as she rolled her up in a blanket, according to police.
Police said the father told officers he sent the two videos over to his babysitter, who said there is no excuse for that.
Following their own investigation, detectives applied for an arrest warrant.
Devin Daeira, 22, of Monroe, was charged with disorderly conduct, risk of injury to a child, reckless endangerment in the first degree and strangulation/suffocation in the third degree. She was released after posting 10 percent of her $125,000 court set bond for a Feb. 4 court date.
The victim’s father was notified of the arrest, police said.
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