Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey announced today that a caregiver pleaded guilty and was admitted into a probationary program known as PreTrial Intervention in connection with a case pending against her in Superior Court.
Marianne McIntyre-Caulfield, 62, of the Iselin section of Woodbridge appeared today before Middlesex County Supreme Court Judge Michael Toto, in New Brunswick, and pleaded guilty to one count of endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree for her negligence in the death of a 6-month-old boy who was under her care.
Under a plea agreement, reached with Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Carver, McIntyre-Caulfield was also admitted into the PreTrial Intervention Program for a period of three years. In addition, she is not allowed to have unsupervised contact with children under the age of 16 and is barred from operating a daycare.
PreTrial Intervention, or PTI, is a diversionary program typically offered to first-time offenders and upon successful completion of the program, all charges are dismissed.
McIntyre-Caulfield was charged on December 29, 2015, following an investigation by Detective Jorge Quesada of the Woodbridge Police Department and Detective Gregory Morris of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.
During the investigation it was determined that the defendant was providing unlicensed child care services to as many as eight children in her Iselin home, which was subjected to unsanitary conditions.
The woman noticed on December 1, 2015 that the 6-month-old boy was in distress, and called police at 4:47 p.m.
The baby was taken to John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison and was pronounced dead a short time later.