A former Virginia nurse charged with injuring a 5-month-baby at the hospital where she worked was slapped Monday with several more charges.
Six new charges — two counts of malicious wounding and four counts of child abuse and neglect — relate to two additional babies, WWBT reports.
Earlier this year, Erin Strotman faced charges of malicious wounding, child abuse, and neglect causing serious injury following an investigation by the Henrico Police Department. The inquiry was prompted by seven cases of unexplained injuries to infants in the neo-natal intensive care unit at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in 2023 and 2024, as reported by CrimeOnline.
The charges initially stemmed from an incident involving a baby discovered injured in November. Investigators revealed that surveillance footage showed Strotman mishandling the infant. Subsequently, the hospital disclosed that it was probing into “unexplained fractures” detected in three babies in late 2024 and four others in 2023. Consequently, the hospital ceased admitting babies to its NICU in response to these incidents.
Henrico Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor said similar evidence has been uncovered in the new cases, WWBT said.
Regarding the case, Strotman’s lawyer stated, “Not just video but also other evidence. Without going into details of this case, however, one of the things we can look at is to see if there is a pattern of behavior.”
Strotman was given a $25,000 bond last month with conditions that included house arrest at her parents, wearing a GPS monitor, and not being allowed to be in the presence of minors or vulnerable adults.
She is due back in court on March 20.
