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Mount Olive Daycare Worker Sentenced for Assaulting 16-Month Old Child
A Mount Olive daycare teacher must serve 90 days in county jail and five years of probation for assaulting a toddler.
A 38-year-old Budd Lake resident, Christina Susco, has been sentenced to five years of probation, including 90 days in the Morris County Correctional Facility, for Endangering the Welfare of a Child. The sentencing follows Susco’s guilty plea on November 18, 2024, to one count of third-degree child endangerment in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)(2).
Key Details
- Who: Christina Susco, 38, formerly a teacher at Mount Olive Child Care & Learning Center.
- What: Sentenced on January 17, 2025, to five years’ probation, conditioned on a 90-day jail term.
- Where: Morris County Correctional Facility; incident occurred at Mount Olive Child Care & Learning Center, Mount Olive Township.
- When: Assault took place on March 25, 2024; Susco pled guilty on November 18, 2024; sentencing on January 17, 2025.
- Why: Susco was found guilty of assaulting a 16-month-old female child under her care.
- Additional Conditions: Upon release, Susco must follow Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) recommendations, maintain no contact with the victim or her family, undergo a mental health evaluation, and is barred from returning to Mount Olive Child Care & Learning Center.
According to the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, the charges arose after an investigation by the Mount Olive Township Police Department and the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes/Child Endangerment Unit. Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll acknowledged both agencies' work in resolving the case. Susco is no longer employed at the daycare center.
