Nanny for Irvine family caught on camera punching and shaking baby, authorities say – Los Angeles Times

Nanny for Irvine family caught on camera punching and shaking baby, authorities say  Los Angeles Times

A nanny for an Irvine family has been charged with child abuse after she was allegedly captured on a home camera hitting and shaking a 2-month-old baby, authorities said. Prosecutors allege Iara Dossantos Bomfim of Anaheim used the online platform Care.com to advertise her child-care services and fled the U.S. to her native Brazil after the family that hired her found home surveillance video showing her allegedly abusing the infant. Irvine Police Department officers arrested Bomfim, 29, when she returned to the U.S. and attempted to set up another profile on the same online platform, according to the Orange County district attorney's office. Bomfim has been charged with 10 felony counts of child abuse, prosecutors said in a statement Wednesday.

She has pleaded not guilty and is being held with bail set at $500,000, authorities said. “This family’s nightmare began the moment a monster disguised as a loving nanny walked through their front door with open arms to care for their brand-new baby," Dist. Atty. Todd Spitzer said in a statement. “Whether it is a nanny, a coach, a music teacher, a tutor, anyone who is around your child should be fully vetted and anything suspicious must be reported to law enforcement." Prosecutors said the baby's mother decided to check her home nanny camera footage after she heard her son