Liberty woman arrested for assault, endangering the welfare of a child

Posted 6/6/22

LIBERTY, NY — On May 29, at approximately 6:00 p.m., officers of the Village of Liberty Police Department responded to a residence in the Village of Liberty for a 911 call for a two year old child with uncontrolled bleeding from his leg. 

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Liberty woman arrested for assault, endangering the welfare of a child

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LIBERTY, NY — On May 29, at approximately 6:00 p.m., officers of the Village of Liberty Police Department responded to a residence in the Village of Liberty for a 911 call for a two year old child with uncontrolled bleeding from his leg. 

Responding officers found a two year old child with two large lacerations to his leg that were bleeding uncontrollably. 

Officers immediately began to apply first aid by putting pressure on his wounds in an attempt to stop the bleeding while waiting for emergency medical personnel to arrive. 

The two year old child was transported to Garnet Health Medical Center in Orange County and then to  Westchester Medical Center where he underwent emergency surgery for his injuries.  Subsequent investigation revealed that the child had received his injuries while being left unattended in a bathtub with multiple shards of broken porcelain from a broken toilet on the floor immediately next to the bathtub. 

As a result of the investigation Village of Liberty Police arrested Julie Degraw, 24 of Liberty. Degraw was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, reckless endangerment in the second degree and Assault in the third degree: recklessly causing injury, all misdemeanors. 

Degraw was arraigned in the Town of Liberty Court and in accordance with NYS bail reform, released on her own recognizance. 

The Village of Liberty Police Department was assisted by the New York State Police, and Sullivan County Child Protective Services. 

“I would like to express my gratitude to the officers, troopers and emergency medical personnel that responded to this incident and provided lifesaving first aid to this child. I would particularly like to thank Liberty Police Sergeant Austin Sauer and Dispatcher Jeffrey Ashdown for their quick thinking and professional actions.  After arriving first on scene and while immediately administering first aid to the victim, Sgt. Sauer correctly recognized the injuries sustained as potentially life threatening. Prior to emergency medical personnel arriving Sgt. Sauer directed the on-duty dispatcher at the Liberty Police Department, to respond to the scene. In addition to being a dispatcher with our department, Dispatcher Jeffrey Ashdown is a trained EMT with Mobile Medic Ambulance Services. Ashdown provided immediate emergency medical care to the victim that probably saved his life,” said Chief of Police Steven D’Agata.

liberty, child abuse, welfare of a child, injury

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