Tutor Time of Lindenhurst employee Megan Marchena arrested in abuse of toddler, Suffolk police say
A day care center employee is charged in the abuse of an 18-month-old girl at the Tutor Time of Lindenhurst facility, Suffolk County police said.
Police arrested Megan Marchena, 26, on Friday for allegedly injuring "an 18-month-old female by pushing her face into a cot" at Tutor Time of Lindenhurst on Monday, Suffolk police said in a news release. The child was taken to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, where she received stitches, the release said.
Marchena, of Massapequa, is charged with second-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child.
Marchena was arraigned on Saturday at the First District Court in Central Islip, online court records show. She pleaded not guilty and bail was set at $5,000 cash or $10,000 insured bond.
Newsday was unable to reach Tutor Time of Lindenhurst for comment on the incident and Marchena's employment status.
The day care’s website says it offers "programs for infants through school-age" children.
CORRECTION: Megan Marchena's name was misspelled in a previous version of this story due to an editing error.
Sam Kmack covers the Town of Islip for Newsday. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and previously worked as a city watchdog reporter in the Phoenix metro area, as well as an investigative journalist at the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting.
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