Day Care Owner Threw Infant To Floor

AIKEN, S.C. -- A Graniteville woman who operated an in-home day care is headed to prison after admitting she fractured the skull of an infant in her care by striking and throwing the baby to the floor.Erica Paradise, 21, was sentenced to 10 years, suspended to six years and four years probation. Paradise pleaded guilty Monday to child abuse causing great bodily injury.Authorities say Paradise admitted she hit the baby last November because the child had been crying. Paradise threw the child onto her hardwood floor, then onto a bed.Another woman saw the baby having a seizure on the bed and the infant was taken to a hospital where the abuse was discovered.The baby has not shown any sign of permanent injuries.

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