LINDENWOLD, N.J. - A Camden County daycare worker is facing additional charges for allegedly abusing six more children, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
On July 15, Lindenwold police were called to the Forever Young daycare after a child’s mother alleged that she witnessed him being abused by 21-year-old Maggie Fruit.
As part of the investigation, officers reviewed surveillance video from that day. Fruit was charged with first-degree attempted murder and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child accused of assaulting two 1-year-old children on that date.
The worker had been working at the daycare center for a short time as the lead teacher in charge of a classroom of 1-year-old children.She was released on pre-trial monitoring over.