Day care provider fractures 4-month-old’s leg, causes bleeding around brain, NE cops say
A Nebraska day care provider was arrested after a baby boy suffered serious injuries while in her care, authorities said.
Tiffany Frye, 46, of Lincoln was arrested Sept. 24 on a charge of child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury, according to a report from the Lincoln Police Department.
McClatchy News was unable to locate attorney information for Frye.
Officers responded Sept. 19 to a local hospital for suspected child abuse of a baby, the Lincoln Police Department told McClatchy News on Sept. 26.
According to arrest records, Frye became frustrated while trying to get the baby in a glider and pulled the 4-month-old boy’s legs too hard, causing a popping sound, KLKN reported.
Court records show Frye, frustrated further by the baby’s crying, put him down forcefully on a changing table, causing a head injury, the outlet reported.
Frye failed to tell the baby’s parents about the injuries, saying only that the child’s leg had gotten stuck in the harness of the glider, KOLN reported.
After noticing her child could not move his leg, the boy’s mother took him to a local hospital, the outlet reported.
An examination revealed the baby had a spiral fracture of his left leg and a subdural hematoma, police said.
Caused by trauma to the head, a subdural hematoma is a type of bleeding in one of the layers of tissue that protects the brain, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
Frye is being held at the Lancaster County Department of Corrections on a $75,000 bond, records show.
