{"id":60386,"date":"2026-01-26T13:48:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=60386"},"modified":"2026-01-26T13:48:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:48:37","slug":"neonatal-nurse-pleads-no-contest-to-9-charges-of-abusing-infants-will-serve-disgraceful-sentence-despite-damning-video-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=60386","title":{"rendered":"Neonatal Nurse Pleads No Contest to 9 Charges of Abusing Infants \u2013 Will Serve Disgraceful Sentence Despite Damning Video Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Erin<\/p>\n

A former nurse made a plea agreement, pleading no contest after a slew of child abuse charges were brought against her.<\/p>\n

Erin Strotman, 27, worked in the neonatal intensive care unit at Henrico Doctors\u2019 Hospital, where from 2022 through 2024, she allegedly inflicted harm on nine children, adding up to 20 charges.<\/p>\n

Judge Richard Wallerstein Jr. accepted the plea deal, which includes a maximum sentence of three years in prison despite such heinous crimes.<\/p>\n

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KVVU-TV<\/a> reported the prosecution showed footage in court of Strotman \u201cplacing her full body weight on the infant who was crying in distress.\u201d The case against her began in late 2024 when hospital staff found three pre-term babies had bone fractures that couldn\u2019t be explained.<\/p>\n

Strotman is currently on house arrest until her sentencing in June.<\/p>\n

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Former NICU nurse Erin Strotman pleaded no contest to breaking bones of 9 premature babies at a Virginia hospital. She was caught on camera. Released on just $25K bond. Sentencing June 5. Justice delayed. pic.twitter.com\/IuOTKPA2gS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Lee Merritt (@LeeMerrittesq) January 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

She cannot work as a nurse or in healthcare again, nor work around children or vulnerable adults.<\/p>\n

Henrico Commonwealth\u2019s Attorney Shannon Taylor commented on the case and vowed to achieve justice for the families of these children.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have always made it a priority to ensure that we would be able to ask the Court to hold Erin Strotman accountable for all of the families being impacted,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made a promise to these families that we would continue to work on this matter, and I intended for us to keep that promise.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"\u26a0\" WARNING: This post contains descriptions of child abuse and infant injury.<\/p>\n

Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman, 27, a former neonatal intensive care nurse in Virginia, has pleaded no contest to nine counts of felony child abuse. The plea deal follows a lengthy investigation into\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/mcdXevsd9u<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 True Crime Updates (@TrueCrimeUpdat) January 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Three years would hardly be considered justice.<\/p>\n

KVUE<\/a> reported Thursday that Virginia Gonzales, a mother in Del Valle, Texas, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony child abuse, receiving 25 years in prison.<\/p>\n

This was a plea deal for Gonzales, 33, after her malnourished 7-year-old was found by her grandmother locked away in Gonzales\u2019 home. The girl suffered permanent brain damage from starvation, weighing just 29 pounds.<\/p>\n

A daycare worker in Montgomery County, Tennessee, was given a 20-year sentence after abusing a 13-month-old in her care. Footage during her trial showed the worker, Sarah Fuson, slamming the child\u2019s head into a cot, WKRN<\/a> reported in December.<\/p>\n

Both women hurt children much like Strotman did, but their sentences were significantly longer.<\/p>\n

There should not be any hope for people like this to ever get a light sentence.<\/p>\n

Twenty years should a minimum.<\/p>\n

Three years is unimaginable after hurting someone so young and vulnerable.<\/p>\n

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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