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Nanny Caught On Tape Hitting 17-Month-Old

Woman Charged With Injuring Child

POSTED: 4:24 am PST November 21, 2007
UPDATED: 5:06 am PST November 21, 2007

A nanny is accused of abusing a child in her care after an incident was caught on tape.

Caught On Tape: Nanny Smacks Child, Police Say

Robin Mayberry, 23, cared for two young girls, Adelay and Avery Acquard, officials said.

Their mother, JaNae Acquard, said she thought her children were in good hands until she saw a video of a woman identified as Mayberry getting rough with 17-month-old Adelay, KPRC-TV in Houston reported.

"You can't describe how you feel. I told my mother I felt emotions I didn't even know I had," JaNae Acquard said.

"Robin is thumping the baby in the face and you hear the pop. Everytime she thumps the baby in the mouth, it's pop, pop, pop," father Steven Acquard said.

Mayberry is charged with injury to a child, a third-degree felony. A conviction carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.

Judge Michael Wilkinson barred Mayberry from working as a child care provider as a condition of her bond.

Meanwhile, investigators are checking old video for previous incidents.

"We're still looking into the case. There's a lot of videos we have to look at -- we have to investigate. We have to see what happened," assistant district attorney George Weissfisch said.

That's what most concerns JaNae Acquard. Mayberry cared for her children for almost a year.

"I wanted them to grow up in a happy, loving home, and always have that safety and always have that security, and know that no matter what, these girls have their parents. And I feel like she took that away," JaNae Acquard said.

Mayberry was released on $5,000 bond.

The Acquards met Mayberry at a day care center where Mayberry used to work.

The Acquards said Mayberry knew she was being recorded when she cared for the children.

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