A Virginia woman was charged with child abuse on Thursday over her connection to mysterious injuries that appeared on a newborn in a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital where she worked as a nurse, officials said.
The woman, Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman, 26, of Chesterfield County, Va., was charged with malicious wounding and felony child abuse, according to court records and the Henrico County Police Division.
The arrest came after the police began investigating three babies that were discovered with “unexplained fractures” in the newborn care unit of Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in Richmond in late November and December, the hospital said in a statement on Friday.
The hospital said it provided footage to the authorities to help in their investigation.
If found guilty, Ms. Strotman faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for the felony child neglect charge and 20 years for the malicious wounding charge, Shannon Taylor, the Henrico County’s commonwealth’s attorney, said in a statement.
Persons:
Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman, Shannon Taylor
Organizations:
Henrico County Police Division, Henrico Doctors ’
Locations:
Virginia, Chesterfield County, Va, Henrico, Richmond