Nanny Caught Hitting 2-Week-Old Infant On Baby Cam In Searingtown: Police

A nanny who was caught on surveillance video striking a 2-week old infant from Searingtown was arrested on Friday, police say.

According to authorities, the father heard his infant daughter cry as if she was in pain at 1:40 a.m., which caused him to review video from a camera installed in the baby's room. Police say he saw their nanny, identified as Stacy Sakeran, 57, of Jamaica, Queens, forcefully moving the baby around and slapping her in the face.

The parents then reviewed footage from previous days, and Sakeran was seen on Tuesday yelling at the infant and striking her several times with an open hand, police say.

The parents notified police, and Sakeran was placed under arrest at 4:10 a.m. in Searingtown.

Sakeran is being charged with two counts of second-degree assault and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

She will be arraigned on Friday at First District Court in Hempstead.

Detectives request that if anyone feels that they may have been a victim of Sakeran's actions they contact the Third Squad at 516-573-6354.

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