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Patricia Buchan
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'House Of Horrors': Newark Woman Admits Scalding 3-Year-Old With Boiling Water
A Newark woman who lived in the same building with several other adults and children admitted in court that she punished a little boy living in the home by pouring boiling water on him, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Friday. Patricia Buchan, 29, struck a plea deal in which she will face up to five years in prison when she's sentenced in December. On Dec. 4, 2018, Buchan was watching the three-year-old at her home in the 200 block of Clinton Avenue when the boy urinated on the floor of Buchan's son's room. Buchan is not related to the victim. She ordered the boy…