Fond du Lac daycare worker charged after infant's broken arm

A Fond du Lac day care worker was arrested and charged after investigators say surveillance video showed her striking a 3-month-old in her care, leaving the infant with a broken arm. The incident occurred Oct. 13 at Lily Pad Day Care in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and the child was taken to Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee, police said.

Fond du Lac police said detectives reviewed multiple interviews and extensive surveillance footage that allegedly shows 32-year-old caretaker Ashley Karschnick picking up the infant and slamming the child into a crib, causing the crib to rock and producing an audible impact. The criminal complaint states that minutes later Karschnick swaddled the baby and removed the child from the crib, but the infant continued crying, appeared limp in one arm and was gasping for air, according to investigators. Doctors treating the baby determined the fracture of the humerus was consistent with inflicted trauma, the complaint and medical report say.

Karschnick was arrested on Oct. 20 and has been charged with one felony count of child abuse, recklessly causing harm, court records show. She denied the allegations during questioning, according to the police...