Sitter arrested in baby shaking
A BABY-SITTER violently shook a 14-month-old boy while she cared for him at a Brooklyn home — an apparent assault that was caught on the parents’ nanny cam, cops said Thursday.
Angela Petrella, 38, is facing harassment and child endangerment charges for allegedly shaking the child inside his parents’ Engert Ave. home in Greenpoint on Monday.
The boy’s father told cops that when he reviewed nanny cam footage, he saw Petrella pick the boy up and shake him until he cried, then put him on a changing table.
Petrella, of Bloomfield, N.J., admitted to the NYPD’s Child Abuse Squad that she was on the video. The infant wasn’t harmed, police said. Investigators arrested Petrella Tuesday. THE IDENTITY of an infant found stuffed in a suitcase and discarded along the PATH train tracks in New Jersey is still a mystery, and authorities are asking for the public’s help to find out what happened to the baby.
Prosecutors on Thursday said the body was that of a girl, about 10 months old, and likely black or Hispanic.
The suitcase containing the girl’s remains was found was found near the train tracks underneath the Tonnelle Avenue Bridge Wednesday afternoon.
Authorities are still trying to determine how the girl died. also tore apart the fabric of this community. As long as this person is still on the street, our daughters are still in jeopardy,” he noted.
Adams said he is adding $1,000 of his own money to the reward.
“We want a full body of detectives to be part of this investigation. Someone knows something,” said Adams, a former NYPD captain.
“Let’s not go through this period like we didn’t see anything or hear noise, running from the area. Someone knows something,” he said.
Police found a knife in a trash can 50 yards from where the torso was found, but it was unclear whether it was related to Odom’s death.
Mourners chanted the victim’s name for 26 seconds, yo mark Brandy’s age, as they released dozens of white balloons into the air.
Then, they walked to the spot where the body was found and placed lit candles on the ground.
“Our community is suffering,” said community activist Tony Herbert. “We have to come together and say enough is enough.”