Crime & Safety
Basking Ridge Nanny Charged With Abusing 9-Month-Old: Prosecutor
Breaking: The nanny was charged after the baby was hospitalized with a fractured right femur and left ankle and a distal tibia.
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — A nanny caring for a Basking Ridge 9-month-old infant was arrested after the baby was hospitalized with a fractured right femur, a distal tibia and a fractured left ankle.
The infant was admitted to Morristown Medical Center on Nov. 2, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael Robertson said.
Laura M. Gonzalez, 38, of East 22nd Street, Paterson was employed as the child’s nanny, according to Robertson.
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Gonzalez was charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and fourth-degree child abuse.
Gonzalez was lodged in the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing.
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Anyone with information should contact the Somerset County Prosecutors Office Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit at 908-231-7100 or via the STOPit app by downloading STOPit to your smart phone at Google Play or the Apple iTunes Store and enter the access code SOMERSETNJ.
Anonymous tips can also be made by calling the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888- 577-TIPS (8477) or by visiting www.888577tips.org or www.scpo.net and click on either “Crime Stoppers” or “TIPS HOTLINE”.
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