Nanny Charged After Cameras Catch Her Bashing Baby
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — A woman has been charged with child abuse after "nanny cams" showed her bashing a baby on the kitchen floor and forcefully shaking the 5-month-old girl, police said. But the woman's attorney said the fact that the baby was not hurt suggests the images—aired on national news shows—are misleading.
One clip shows Claudia Muro, 29, raising the baby above her head and "slamming her on the floor three or possibly four times," according to a police report by Officer Susan J. Hayes released Friday. Muro's back is to the camera, and the lower view of the baby is blocked by the woman's body.
In another clip, Muro held the girl up and shook her. Her head snapped back and forth several times "like a rag doll," police spokesman Tony Rode said. The woman then placed the baby in her lap and kissed her forehead.
The baby was unhurt, police said.
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Nanny Charged In Credit Card Scam
March 24, 2004—A nanny who allegedly used her employer's name to get a credit card and then used it to rack up almost $1,200 in charges was arrested after police recognized the employer's child while reviewing surveillance footage, court documents indicate.
Sarah Rose Galiardi, 22, of 1530 Clover Lane, York, will be arraigned in Adams County court after waiving a preliminary hearing last week. She was charged March 2 with single counts of forgery, access device fraud, theft by deception and identity theft.
In November, Galiardi used personal information she stole from her employer, Astrid Lopez-Goldberg of Germany Township, to open a MasterCard account, according to charging documents filed with District Justice Thomas R. Carr.
Galiardi, claiming she was Lopez-Goldberg, called MasterCard from a pay phone and asked the company to send a credit card to Lopez-Goldberg's home, 120 E. Summit Drive, the documents said.
A few weeks later, Galiardi, again posing as Lopez-Goldberg, phoned MasterCard a second time and asked that the billing address for the credit card be changed, charging documents said. She allegedly provided MasterCard with an address where neither she nor Lopez-Goldberg lived.
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Nanny Is Charged With Baby's Murder
By Sally Pook—An Australian nanny was charged yesterday with the murder of six-month-old Caroline Jongen. AL. Louise Sullivan, 26, was previously charged with causing grievous bodily harm to the baby at the home of Marcel and Muriel Jongen in Cricklewood, north London, where she worked as a live-in nanny.
Yesterday the charge was replaced with murder when Sullivan, from Sydney, appeared before magistrates at Clerkenwell, north London. She said nothing during the 10 minute hearing. She will go on trial at the Old Bailey on Sept 1.
Magistrates renewed her conditional bail with the additional requirement that she does not look for work caring for children while awaiting trial. Sullivan has had to surrender her passport and provide a surety of 2,500. She must also not apply for travel documents to leave the country or have any contact with the Jongen family. She had worked as a nanny for Mr Jongen, 41, a fund manager with Goldman Sachs, and his 36-year-old wife, a financial analyst, for five months.
Sullivan arrived in England from Australia in April last year on a visa allowing her to work in the country for two years. Caroline Jongen died in the pediatric intensive care unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, on April 22. She had been in a coma for five days after being taken to hospital with severe head injuries.
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Babysitter Charged With Two Felony Counts In Burn Incident
December 17, 2003—A Clermont County babysitter was in court Wednesday after prosecutors said the toddler in her care was found with third degree burns on his body. The incident happened Tuesday night in the 1300 block of Commons Road in Miami Township.
The toddler was in fair condition Wednesday at Shriners Burn Hospital.
Prosecutors said Angie Smith, a mother of three was so intoxicated she didn't know what was going on but her friends told a much different story.
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Woman Is Convicted Of Corrupting Minor
A 32-year-old Medina woman was found guilty Friday, by Medina County Common Pleas Judge Judith Cross after pleading no contest to a charge of corrupting a minor.
Nancy R. was convicted of engaging in sexual conduct with a 14-year-old boy she reportedly was baby-sitting last October in Brunswick, according to court and police records.
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Manasquan First Aid Squad Volunteer Charged With Sexually Assaulting Child
May 25, 2004—Authorities have arrested a 36-year-old man who is a volunteer with the Manasquan First Aid Squad. William "Jeff" Thompson was taken into custody on a Florida warrant that charges him with sexual assault. Police in Marion County, Florida say Thompson sexually battering a close female relative who is under the age of 12.
Thompson, who splits his time between New Jersey and Florida, was found staying in a shed on a property in Brielle. Police say he was doing some maintenance around the house when he was taken into custody. Authorities cited the owner of the property with a zoning violation for allowing a person to stay in the shed.
Thompson was being held in the Monmouth County jail in lieu of $150,000 bail. An extradition hearing will take place Thursday in Superior Court in Freehold.
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High School Band Volunteer Charged With Statutory Rape
July 2004—HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C.—A band leader and trusted member of his community is accused of taking advantage of two young girls. Now police are wondering if there are more victims. Holly Springs police obtained a search warrant and found enough evidence at Larry Hougom's home last week to press charges.
"We obtained warrants for three counts of statutory rape and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor," Chief Cecil Parker said.
Hougom, 33, is accused of having sex with two 15-year-old girls and providing them with alcohol. He is charged with three counts of statutory rape and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
“Many insurance companies now require background checks for people who work with children and youth,” says Dever. “Without background checks, rates could quadruple, and some companies will even deny coverage.”
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Church Youth Group Leader Convicted Of Child Molestation
MULBERRY, Florida (AP) —A church youth group leader convicted of child molestation more than 20 years ago was charged Sunday with molesting three boys, ages 10 to 12, during sleep-overs at his home, police said.
Paul Allen Fagiole, 44, was arrested on charges of custodial sexual battery and lewd molestation, said Col. Grady Judd of the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
Fagiole volunteered at the Willow Oak Assembly of God in Mulberry, about 10 miles south of Lakeland. The victims told detectives the acts occurred at sleep-overs at Fagiole's home.
One of the boys told an older sister about the alleged molestation, and the sister went to police Saturday. Fagiole was arrested after he confessed to detectives in a videotaped interview, Judd said.
Fagiole was convicted of child molestation in 1981, Judd said. It was unclear whether he served prison time.
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