BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Grand Island woman charged in the death of a toddler pleaded guilty in Erie County Court Monday morning.
Brianna Valenti, 26, was charged with shaking 2-year-old Raelynn Fuller while caring for the child last September. Fuller suffered head trauma as a result and was in the ICU at Oishei Children's Hospital for more than a week before being taken off life support.
Valenti pleaded guilty to a single count of first-degree manslaughter before Judge Sheila DiTullio.
Valenti faces a maximum of up to 15 years behind bars when sentenced in October.