Close Family Friend Found Guilty of Child Abuse After Toddler’s Parents Noticed Offhand Comment and Checked Security Cams

A Virginia woman who was found guilty on 17 charges connected with the abuse of a toddler for whom she was hired to babysit has been sentenced.

Carly Webb will serve 12 months in jail with three years of probation after she is released, according to WDBJ-TV.

Webb’s March 13 sentencing covered one count of felony child abuse. Four years of the five-year sentence were suspended. Webb was sentenced on five misdemeanors of assault and battery, which will run concurrently with the felony sentence.

“We have all left the courtroom feeling very pleased with the judge’s ruling and the sentence that he handed down this afternoon to the defendant in this case,” Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Stacey Stickney said.

“From the very beginning, the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office prosecuted this case very aggressively with both misdemeanor and felony charges.”

Webb had been found guilty on 17 counts in October 2025, according to WDBJ.