Babysitter Arrested For Smacking 1-Year-Old Leaving Him With A Black Eye & Palm Print On His Face

A babysitter who appeared to have escaped charges for allegedly smacking an Oregon 1-year-old has been arrested for abuse. Markell Hilaire pleaded not guilty on Monday to accusations that he assaulted Jacob Marbury in March, leaving him with a black eye and a palm print on his face.

“I’m so extremely upset, it’s disturbing, on this little innocent baby,” the infant's mother, Alicia Quinney, said.

Joshua Marbury said that the 27-year-old babysitter, formerly his best friend, had originally claimed that his son fell, but later confessed to the attack.

The father said that little Jacob now has a breakdown whenever his mother leaves, and became frustrated that authorities had not pressed charges two months after the injuries.


Prosecutors’ lack of action appeared to stem from the fact that the infant victim could not articulate that he was abused and suffered “substantial pain.”

“Something needs to be done. NOBODY can just hit a child and more to just get away with it because the child can’t verbally tell you,” Marbury said on Facebook.

She has now been arrested.