Home Daycare Provider Slapped Infant, Toddler In BurlCo: Prosecutor

MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — A Mount Laurel woman physically abused an infant and toddler at her home daycare, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office.

Danielle Ingraham, 36, was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child (second-degree) and two counts of child cruelty (fourth-degree), officials said Thursday.

The investigation began last week, when an infant was picked up from Ingraham's home with a bruised eye and brought to the family's pediatrician, authorities said. Investigators determined that Ingraham slapped both the infant and a toddler in her care.

Ingraham was arrested Monday and placed in the Atlantic County Justice Facility, where women arrested in Burlington County are jailed. She'll remain incarcerated pending the results of a detention hearing.

She provided daycare out of her home on the 300 block of Evergreen Road in Mount Laurel, officials said.

Anyone with information that might be useful to investigators can contact the prosecutor's office at tips@co.burlington.nj.us or the Mount Laurel Police Department at tips@mountlaurelpd.org.