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Day care owner pleads guilty in sudden infant death case

EASTON, Pa. (AP) - The owner of a day care center in Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in a sudden infant death case.

The Northampton County prosecutor says Sharon Balleck, owner of the former Sharon's Day Care, pleaded guilty Monday to reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child.The Department of Human Services ordered the closure of her Lehigh Township business after 3-month-old McKenna Rose Felmly was found unresponsive on the first day at the center in April 2016. A coroner ruled she died of "sudden unexpected infant death."A grand jury investigation found the baby was placed on her stomach in an unsupervised crib located in the back room of the day care.Balleck could face probation or a short time in jail.