Thursday, January 31, 2013
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 Other charges of endangering the welfare of children and simple assault were withdrawn.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, …
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
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 …
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
The preliminary hearings were postponed until late June.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Preliminary hearings have been postponed for three women charged last week in an investigation into alleged abuse at the Genesis Child Care facility at Pittsburgh East Community Church in Plum, according to court dockets. Eileen Marie Andrews, 44, a worker at the since-shuttered facility, was charged with 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 charged with two counts each of endangering the welfare of children and failure to report abuse. The three are scheduled to appear in court for preliminary hearings on June 20. Click here for an earlier story on the charges and the nature of the …
Friday, May 25, 2012
The charges come after repeated complaints of abuse at Genesis Child Care in Plum.
Plum police charged three women this week in connection to child abuse that allegedly occurred at the Genesis Child Care facility at Pittsburgh East Community Church in Plum. Eileen Marie Andrews, 44, a worker at the facility, was arrested on Monday and charged with two counts of simple assault and four counts of endangering the welfare of children. Childcare Director Angela Marie Russo, 49, was arrested Wednesday. Russo and Director of Children's Services Terry Lynn Bachner, 43, were charged with two counts each of endangering the welfare of children and failure to report abuse. Genesis Child Care closed its doors on April 20, after the complaints surfaced and police acknowledged an investigation. The criminal complaints paint a picture …
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The child care facility is part of Pittsburgh East Community Church. It is set to close April 20.
The Genesis Child Care facility at Pittsburgh East Community Church will be closing in April following accusations against a former employee. Plum police Chief Frank Monaco confirmed an investigation is ongoing. He said he couldn't release much information, but said police have been interviewing parents and employees at the church. In an e-mail to the Plum-Oakmont Patch, Lee Kritcher, the senior pastor at the church, said one of the former workers in the day care center "has been accused of endangering children—not anything sexual in nature—but by alleged incidents of rough handling." Kritcher said a first accusation against the employee was investigated by the Office of Children, Youth and Families, but it was unfounded. However, a second…
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 ›