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GREENCASTLE, Pa. — A Greencastle day care provider was charged after she allegedly shook a baby, who developed bleeding in his brain, Pennsylvania State Police said.
Wendy R. Main, 52, was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed by state police.
She was incarcerated on $50,000 bail and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 1, court records said.
Physicians at Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center determined that the 10-week-old baby had bleeding in his brain, fractures to his ribs and bruises on his torso, according to the affidavit.
Main allegedly told police that the incident occurred April 10 because she was stressed by multitasking.
"I had too much on my plate," she said in an April 19 interview with police.
Main allegedly claimed that the child bumped his head on a section of swing as she lifted him out of it and she shook him while he was crying, the affidavit said.
"She related that after this, she put (the boy) down on the ground and changed his diaper. Main related that she then left (the boy) on the floor to attend to another child that was in her care," the affidavit said.
Main said the boy's eyes weren't open after he was shaken, according to the affidavit.
Police said the investigation revealed that Main allegedly bruised the boy's brother in July 2016.
She allegedly told the mother at the time that another child injured the brother, but then told police that she remembered bruising his ear out of frustration.
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