A Cobb County babysitter remains in jail facing serious allegations of physically abusing the children she was hired to care for.
Channel 2 Action News spoke with the friends and neighbors of 25-year-old Nohely Cabrera, who expressed shock and disappointment over the charges she faces.
Cabrera lived at the Cielo 325 Apartments in Austell and was known to babysit children in the area.
“To be honest, I couldn’t believe it. We know her personally. She’s really kind,” Catherine Arias, who is both a friend and neighbor of Cabrera, told Channel 2′s Veronica Griffin.
Cobb County arrest warrants revealed that Cabrera faced three counts of aggravated assault by strangulation, five counts of first-degree cruelty to children, and one count of battery.
Investigators began looking into Cabrera’s actions after receiving a call from a hospital earlier in the summer about a child with bruises.
One of the aggravated assault charges accused Cabrera of grabbing a victim’s neck with both hands and applying pressure.