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Endangering The Welfare Of Children

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Two Sentenced to Probation in Plum Child Care Abuse Case

Two former Genesis Child Care employees have received probation sentences after incidents from last year.

Two of three women accused of being involved in a child abuse case at the Genesis Child Care at Pittsburgh East Community Church in Plum have been sentenced to probation. According to court documents, former childcare worker Eileen Marie Andrews, 45, of Penn Hills pleaded guilty to a charge of simple assault of a victim younger than 12 during a non-jury trial in Allegheny Court of Common Pleas Tuesday. She was sentenced to six months probation. Other charges of endangering the welfare of children and simple assault were withdrawn. Angela Marie Russo, 50, of Plum pleaded guilty to a charge of failure to report abuse. Russo, the former childcare director, was sentenced to three months probation. Other charges of failure to report abuse, …

Roy Brown

10:11 am on Monday, February 11, 2013

I've heard from someone who goes to that church that "attendance is up since this happened" which is apparently all they care about, their offering money.   more ›

Monday, January 7, 2013

District Court: Zucco Hears Child Endangerment, Trespass & DUI Cases

Here are the court reports for Jan. 2.

Plum District Justice Linda Zucco heard the following cases on Jan. 2: _____________________ Plum-Oakmont Patch is on Facebook and on Twitter. Don't forget to sign up for our daily email newsletter by clicking here.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Plum Child Care Abuse Case Moves to Common Pleas Court

During a preliminary hearing Wednesday, charges against three women involved in an alleged child abuse incident at the Genesis Child Care facility in Plum were held for common pleas court.

Three women accused of being involved in a child abuse case at the Genesis Child Care at Pittsburgh East Community Church will go before a common pleas court judge. During a three-and-a-half hour preliminary hearing at Plum District Justice Linda Zucco's courtroom on Wednesday, Eileen Marie Andrews, 44, a former worker at the facility—it has since closed—was held on two counts of simple assault and four counts of endangering the welfare of children. Childcare Director Angela Marie Russo, 49, and Director of Children's Services Terry Lynn Bachner, 43, were each held on two counts of endangering the welfare of children and two counts of failure to report abuse. A formal arraignment will be held Oct. 5 at common pleas court. Attorneys Robert …

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Lisa

7:48 pm on Thursday, August 23, 2012

I agree with what you said Allison. I have also seen it before and reported to my director and she did nothing. I am so glad those employees did their job the right way and protected the children!   more ›

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