71-year-old Ghanaian Nanny Arrested In US For Torturing An Infant Under Her Care

A 71-year-old Ghanaian nanny, identified as Abena Yeboah who was caught on a CCTV camera hitting and torturing an infant under her care has been arrested by the United states police.

According to the viral video, the mother of the baby alleged that she gave the nanny a benefit of doubt not knowing that the baby was being tortured.

The Prosecutor’s Office said the nanny was arrested in Hackensack, and charged with one count of Title 9 child abuse which is liable to 18 months in prison.

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Officers disclosed that the police in Hackensack was first notified of the alleged abuse on July 8 and issued her a warrant, before she was arrested in Bronx by New York police and taken into custody where she awaits an extradition hearing.

Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said; “During her time as a nanny for the family, she was observed on a nanny camera physically abusing the child by hitting, kicking, and yanking the child by the arm.’

“New Jersey’s Title 9 child abuse statute makes it a fourth-degree crime to inflict “unnecessarily severe corporal punishment” or “unnecessary suffering or pain, either mental or physical,” on a child. People convicted of a fourth-degree crime face up to 18 months in prison.”