(Maine) Windsor day care owner charged with assault on 19-month-old child
WINDSOR — The owner of a day care has been charged with assaulting a child after a 19-month-old girl was found unresponsive at Little Beans Daycare after allegedly being wrapped in a blanket in a way that led to her being unable to breathe. Savannah Brann, 24, of Windsor, was charged by the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office with aggravated assault, assault on a child less than 6 years old and endangering the welfare of a child.
The sheriff’s office was contacted by a state Department of Health and Human Services home investigator after a 19-month-old girl, Raegan Blagdon, was found unresponsive following a nap at Little Beans Daycare, an at-home day care in Windsor. An affidavit filed by Detective Michael Bickford indicates the day care is owned by Brann. A pediatrician specializing in child abuse assessed the child’s injuries as consistent with asphyxia due to a dangerous sleeping situation and inappropriate restraint in a blanket. Court documents state the girl was not able to free her arms because of the way she was wrapped in the blanket.
Her grandmother, Susan Blagdon, said the now-20-month-old Raegan suffered brain damage to three major parts of her brain. She just went home from a rehabilitation facility Monday, as experts thought she might do better in her home environment. Her grandmother said the girl, who was walking and talking before the incident, now can’t walk, talk or see. She was having seizures, but they are now being controlled by medication.
Brann was released on personal recognizance bail. Her initial court appearance is scheduled for May 24. The class A aggravated assault charge, the most serious of the charges, is punishable by up to 30 years in prison.
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