Babysitter admits shaking, dropping boy

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'MOUNT OLIVE —A 31-year-old Mount Olive woman admitted Thursday that she shook a crying infant for whom she was babysitting and dropped him twice, which caused the boy to suffer severe brain damage and paralysis.

As the father of the boy -- who was 11 months old when he was harmed by babysitter Khac Tam Nguyen last Dec. 27 -- wiped away tears, Nguyen pleaded guilty before state Superior Court Judge Thomas V. Manahan in Morristown to one count of aggravated assault.

With the assistance of a Vietnamese interpreter, Nguyen answered questions posed by defense lawyer Peter Toscano, and acknowledged that she was babysitting the child on Dec. 27 along with her own two children at her Budd Lake apartment and got frustrated with his incessant crying. She said she shook the child and dropped him twice.

Assistant County Prosecutor Brian DiGiacomo said the state is recommending the maximum sentence for Nguyen on the charge, 10 years in prison, with 85 percent of the term to be served before parole consideration.'