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A home healthcare nurse is facing serious allegations after being accused of mistreating a toddler under her care. The nurse, Cindy Dresser, aged 58, was taken into custody on March 25. She now faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child following a report to ChildLine indicating a “medically fragile child” might have suffered harm at the hands of a caregiver, according to the Bensalem Police Department.
As reported by WCAU, the arrest affidavit reveals that Dresser was responsible for the overnight care of a 3-year-old girl who required constant medical attention. The investigation was set in motion last October when the child’s mother noticed unexplained bruises while changing her daughter’s diaper. Concerned, she took her daughter to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where a medical professional observed that one of the bruises appeared to resemble a thumbprint.
Upon further examination of surveillance footage, the mother reportedly discovered evidence of Dresser abusing the child, prompting immediate action.
Police detectives reviewed the footage and reportedly documented instances where Dresser was seen “throwing the child within the crib, hitting the child, and sleeping during her assigned shift.”
Detectives obtained the recordings and saw Desser “throwing the child within the crib, striking the child, and sleeping during her shift.”
“In one particularly concerning incident, Desser removed the child’s tracheostomy tube and failed to promptly reinsert it, causing the child to struggle to breathe,” the department said.
The affidavit said that the child’s mother soon learned that Desser had been previously investigated for another alleged assault of a child, WCAU said.
Desser is being held at the Bucks County jail on a $2 million bond and is due in court again on April 7.