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On Tuesday, Feb. 9, Wilton Police dispatch received a 911 call from the Goddard School at 385 Danbury Road (Route 7) in Wilton, regarding a 6-month-old boy who was breathing, but unresponsive, said Lieutenant Gregg Phillipson.
The child was transported to Norwalk Hospital by Wilton EMS, and following initial medical evaluation was found to have suffered a brain injury.
Norwalk Hospital's evaluation would not rule out some type of trauma.
Later that day the child was transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital. Over the next several days, doctors at Yale evaluated the baby and determined that the symptoms the child was experiencing were consistent with abusive head trauma, Phillipson said.
The investigation by the Wilton Police Department Detective Division determined that the 6-month-old had arrived at the Goddard School "happy and healthy."
After napping, the child could not be roused, resulting in the 911 call.
A further investigation determined that Amy Tingets, age 39, of Norwalk, an employee of the Goddard School assigned to the infant room was the only caregiver that had contact with the baby prior to the 911 call, police said.
Following an extensive investigation, Wilton Police detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Tingets, charging her with assault and risk of injury to a child.
On Friday, May 28, Tingets turned herself in to the Wilton Police where she was processed and released on a $10,000 bond, Phillipson said.
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