Daycare Employee Receives Probation After Numerous Assault Charges

Recently, an employee at a Pittsburgh daycare facility found himself in a very difficult situation when he was charged with several criminal offenses, stemming from an incident with a child under his care. While the child was being reprimanded by the employee, the child allegedly spit in the man’s face. Impulsively, the man clenched a fist and made a motion as if he were going to strike the child. While the employee caught himself and never hit the child, the action was enough to severely frighten him. This incident led to the man being charged with numerous simple assault misdemeanors and endangering the welfare of a child. As a veteran with no prior criminal history, the man was unsure of how to handle these charges and went to our criminal defense attorneys.

After discussing all of the case’s aspects, attorney Samir Sarna began aggressively representing his client. This involved negotiating with the prosecution on his behalf in an effort to find an alternate course of action. Due to attorney Sarna’s fervent advocacy, the prosecutor agreed to withdraw several of the most serious assault and endangerment of a child charges. With only a single second-degree misdemeanor assault charge remaining, the client agreed to serve a 12-month term of non-reporting probation. Ultimately, and due in large part to attorney Sarna’s intervention, he was pleased to learn that once this condition was met, he’d be able to move past this unfortunate incident.

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