Connecticut police have arrested a nanny who is accused of deliberately burning a 3-year-old girl she was supposed to be caring for.
The child's mother discovered the burns when she came home from work Friday, authorities say. The mother told police the nanny explained she was tending to other children when the little girl accidentally touched the hot stove, causing second-degree burns.
After taking her daughter to the doctor, the mother watched footage from the hidden nanny camera she had recently installed and saw that it appeared the nanny had inflicted the child’s injuries, police said.
Police responded to the mother's home after she called police Friday night, then went to the Danbury home of the nanny, Lidia Quilligana, 31, and arrested her.
Quilligana was charged with first-degree assault, risk of injury to a minor and third-degree criminal mischief. She was held on a $100,000 bond and the case has been referred to the special victims unit.
It wasn't immediately clear if Quilligana had an attorney.
