An Oregon City daycare provider was put on probation as part of a plea deal to reduced charges in an incident where a four-month-old boy's arm was broken nearly a year ago.
Sierrha Schlagenhaufer, 33, admitted to fourth degree assault and was sentenced Friday to 36 months probation, 100 hours of community service and restitution of $13,122 to the family of Kayden Horton. A charge of criminal mistreatment was dismissed and she will not serve any jail time...
Investigators said Schlagenhaufer initially confessed to losing patience with the baby and hurting him. But her husband later rebuked that confession and said she was coerced into it and the truth was that she had accidentally fallen on the boy.
"They completely harassed her and forced her into that [confession] they convinced her that the only way she was not going to go back to jail Sunday night was to put a story together that matched the baby's injuries," [husband] Dirk Schlagenhaufer said.