Former Henrico NICU nurse accused of abusing, neglecting babies now facing 20 total charges

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- Erin Strotman, the former nurse accused of abusing and neglecting several premature babies while they received care in Henrico Doctors’ Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), is now facing 20 total charges.

The eight new charges -- four counts of child abuse with wounding and four counts of malicious wounding -- were announced during a hearing in Henrico County Circuit Court in the morning on Wednesday, May 7, bringing Strotman's total charges to 20.

During the hearing, the Commonwealth asked to revoke Strotman's bond due to the number of charges she is facing, but the judge said her bond will remain in place.

Strotman remains on house arrest with GPS monitoring and is not allowed to leave her home unless she is meeting with her attorney, attending a court proceeding or attending a medical appointment, according to Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor.

These eight new charges come from alleged incidents in 2023 that involved four babies -- identified in court documents as "Z.M.," "T.M.," "M.L." and "N.H."

Court records show that the 20 charges stem from the following nine incident dates:

• July 1, 2022: Malicious wounding and abusing a child to cause serious injury
• June 19, 2023: Malicious wounding and abusing a child to cause serious injury
• July 29, 2023: Malicious wounding and abusing a child to cause serious injury
• Aug. 12, 2023: Malicious wounding and abusing a child to cause serious injury
• Aug. 25, 2023: Malicious wounding and abusing a child to cause serious injury
• Oct. 24, 2024: Malicious wounding and abusing a child to cause serious injury
• Oct. 29, 2024: Malicious wounding and abusing a child to cause serious injury
• Nov. 10, 2024: Two counts of malicious wounding, abusing a child to cause serious injury and two counts of abusing a child with disregard to his/her life
• Nov. 13, 2024: Abusing a child with disregard to his/her life

Following the hearing, Taylor urged any families who believe their baby to have been under Strotman's care to contact both her office and police.

"If there are any other families, reach out to my office and Henrico Police's non-emergency number, so we can ensure we are doing our obligation to make sure that we are reviewing every matter to ensure the safety of our babies," Taylor said.

Days ago, on Friday, May 2, the Virginia Board of Nursing ordered that Strotman’s nursing license be suspended, and accused Strotman of abusing and neglecting seven babies — four in 2023 and three in 2024. The order also described surveillance video that the board said shows Strotman using “excessive force” on multiple infants.

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