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Home child care provider admits to shaking baby, inflicting brain damage

The Star Tribune reports that a former western Minnesota home child care provider and emergency medical technician admitted to shaking a baby boy and inflicting severe brain damage, then neglected to call 911.

Crystal Rose Searle, 37, of Donnelly, pleaded guilty Monday in Stevens County District Court to child endangerment resulting in substantial harm in connection with the injuries suffered by Murray Cole Foss, who was 2 months old at the time of the incident on March 14, 2022, according to the Star Tribune.

The plea agreement between the prosecution and the defense calls for a jail term of no more than six months. Searle also agreed to pay the family restitution in an amount yet to be determined.

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