NCPD: Searingtown Nanny Charged With Yelling At, Slapping Baby Under Her Care

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Stacy Sakeran, 57, of Jamaica, was allegedly caught on video assaulting her client's 2 week-old child.

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NCPD reports the arrest of Stacy Sakeran of Jamaica, 57, for Assault that occurred on Friday, June 2, in Searingtown.

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Searingtown, NY - June 2, 2017 - The Third Squad reports the arrest of a woman for Assault that occurred on Friday, June 2, 2017 at 1:40 am in Searingtown.
 
According to detectives, defendant Stacy Sakeran, 57, of Jamaica was employed as a nanny for a family with a 2 week old female infant. At 1:40 am, the father of the baby heard his daughter cry out as if in pain. The parents’ now concerned reviewed video from a camera installed in the baby’s room and observed their nanny forcefully moving the baby around and slapping her in the face.  
 
The parents then viewed video from previous days and on May 30, 2017 observed the nanny yelling at the infant and striking her several times with an opened hand. Police were notified and defendant Sakeran was placed under arrest on June 2, 2017 at 4:10 am in Searingtown.
 
Defendant Sakeran is being charged with 2 counts of Assault 2nd Degree and 2 counts of Endangering The Welfare of a Child.  She will be arraigned on Friday, June 02, 2017 at First District Court, Hempstead.
 
Detectives request that if anyone feels that they may have been a victim resulting in the above defendants’ actions to contact the Third Squad at 516-573-6354
 
A criminal charge is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.