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The incident happened on June 10 at the Childcare Network Daycare, according to the Onslow County Sheriff's Department.
ABC affiliate WCTI reports staffers called officials, saying an 11-month-old boy in their care was taken to the hospital following a medical emergency.
It was later determined that 23-year-old Bethan Pringle purposefully dropped the baby.
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The boy suffered head trauma but is expected to recover.
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Pringle was arrested on Wednesday and charged with felony child abuse causing serious injury.
She was booked under a $100,000 bond.