Lynn man charged with child endangerment after 2 children are scalded in tub
A Lynn man is facing charges after two boys he was babysitting were severely burned by scalding water in a bathtub last week, officials said.
Charles Robinson-Collins, 21, is to be arraigned today in Lynn District Court on two counts of child endangerment, according to the Essex County district attorney’s office.
Lynn firefighters responded to reports of two children severely burned at their Essex Street home the morning of June 18. Upon arrival, rescuers found 3-year-old Leland Young and his brother, 2-year-old Landon, suffering from second-degree burns over large portions of their bodies.
The two boys were rushed to Lynn English High School where a medical helicopter transported them to Massachusetts General Hospital. They were later transported to Shriners Hospital for Children-Boston.
Robinson-Collins, who was staying at his father’s apartment next-door, was babysitting the boys when the incident occurred. Robinson-Collins’s father said his son had left the children in the bathtub to use a bathroom across the hall when the older boy turned the water knob to hot.
The state Department of Children and Families and the district attorney’s office are investigating the incident, officials said.
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