Lady Charged After Infants Undergo ‘Unexplainable Fractures’ in NICU

• Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman, 26, has been charged over a number of “unexplainable fractures” suffered by infants on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Henrico Medical doctors’ Hospital, Virginia in 2023 and 2024
• On Friday, Jan. 3, Strotman was arraigned on one depend of felony baby neglect and one depend of felony malicious wounding for an damage sustained by an toddler on or about Nov. 10, 2024
• The hospital introduced final month that it would not be “admitting any further infants into our NICU right now” after three infants had been discovered with the fractures in late November and December

A former hospital worker has been charged in reference to a number of “unexplainable fractures” suffered by infants at a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Virginia.

On Friday, Jan. 3, Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman, 26, was arraigned on one depend of felony baby neglect and one depend of felony malicious wounding for an damage sustained by an toddler on or about Nov. 10, 2024, in keeping with an announcement obtained by PEOPLE.

She had been arrested the day prior, the assertion from Henrico Commonwealth’s Legal professional Shannon Taylor added.

As beforehand reported by PEOPLE, Henrico Medical doctors’ Hospital introduced in a Dec. 24, 2024 launch that it could not be “admitting any further infants into our NICU right now” after three infants had been discovered with fractures in late November/December.

The accidents had been “just like an incident involving 4 infants in the summertime of 2023,” the discharge added on the time.

In Friday’s assertion, Taylor stated “The utmost statutory penalty for felony baby neglect is 10 years of incarceration and the utmost statutory penalty for felony malicious wounding is 20 years of incarceration.”

“The defendant was employed as a nurse at Henrico Physician’s Hospital always related to this investigation, however it’s our understanding that she is not employed there,” she continued.

HCA Virginia additionally confirmed to PEOPLE in an announcement that the suspect was a former worker.

Protection legal professional Scott Cardani, who’s representing Strotman, did not instantly reply when PEOPLE contacted his regulation agency, Critzer Cardani PC, to ask whether or not the suspect had entered a plea.

“The Commonwealth objected to bond and the courtroom denied bond. Whereas the defendant stays held on the Henrico County Jail, the courtroom additional ordered the defendant to don’t have any contact with any baby beneath the age of 18. The subsequent courtroom date is March 24, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. [local time],” Taylor’s assertion learn.

“Whereas there was an arrest for one particular person for allegedly inflicting damage on a single sufferer, I might emphasize that is an ongoing investigation spanning potential offenses dedicated in each 2023 and 2024,” the assertion continued.

Taylor did not instantly reply when contacted by PEOPLE for added updates on Wednesday, Jan. 8.

HCA Virginia stated in an announcement to PEOPLE on Friday, Jan. 3, “We’re each shocked and saddened by this improvement within the investigation and are centered on persevering with to look after our sufferers and offering help to our colleagues who’ve been deeply and personally impacted by this investigation.” 

“We’re grateful to these colleagues, who’ve devoted their skilled lives to the care and security of our sufferers, in addition to to regulation enforcement and the opposite companies who’ve labored aggressively and tirelessly with us on this investigation,” the assertion added.

“For greater than 30 years, the NICU at Henrico Medical doctors’ Hospital has offered crucial and life-saving care to infants in central Virginia and we stay centered on making certain the supply of that care in our group,” it concluded.

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Henrico Police Division beforehand informed PEOPLE in a information launch that officers had been “reviewing dozens of movies from contained in the NICU. As beforehand talked about, detectives are re-examining the 2023 and 2024 circumstances as a part of this broader investigation.”

Police have additionally insisted that rumors the alleged victims had been focused primarily based on their racial id are “not factual” primarily based on the “preliminary investigation,” per a launch.

The Henrico Medical doctors’ Hospital did not instantly reply when contacted by PEOPLE for additional updates.