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CYS Grandmoo falsifies report to prevent her grandchild from being taken away February 06, 2026 | Registered: 19 years ago Posts: 10,432 |
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A case was transferred from Snyder to Northumberland County for a former Northumberland County Children and Youth Services employee accused of trying to throw off a child abuse investigation involving her son and infant grandson.
Judge Lori Hackenberg ruled last week that Snyder County was not the proper venue for the case for Keira Marie Ruiz Ruiz, 43, of Sunbury, Snyder County District Attorney Heath W. Brosius confirmed.
Charges for Ruiz originally were filed in August in Snyder County shortly after her son, 24-year-old Jeremy Erb of Sunbury, was charged for abusing his 5-month-old infant at a home in Center Township, Snyder County.
Erb pleaded guilty in January in Snyder County Court to felony aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of children charges.
Police say while they were investigating Erb's case, Ruiz used her position as a CYS worker to try to influence the outcome. A child abuse investigation started on April 28 when Ruiz's infant grandson was taken to Geisinger Medical Center's emergency department for treatment of injuries caused by Erb.
Erb told police he had been playing video games for 15 minutes when the infant began crying. Erb picked the infant up and squeezed him until he heard a popping sound in his chest cavity.
Staff at Geisinger found that the infant had several broken ribs on each side of his body that were in various stages of healing. Trooper William Shreve of PSP Selinsgrove said staff determined the fractures occurred at different times.
Erb allegedly admitted to police he had squeezed the victim until he heard popping sounds on two other occasions, once while the victim fussed during a feeding and another time when he was interrupted playing video games.
The day after the victim was treated at the hospital, at 2:27 a.m. on April 29, Ruiz allegedly used her Northumberland County CYS email account to contact Dr. Pat J. Bruno, a pediatrician at Geisinger who specializes in child abuse.
Ruiz allegedly did not identify herself as the victim's grandmother when emailing Bruno.
Ruiz tried to blame the infant's injuries on the dogs living in the home and claimed she had personally interacted with the child on multiple occasions and had not noticed anything out of the ordinary, according to court documents.
Ruiz went on to claim the victim had a vitamin D deficiency. However, police did not find any medical record of this during their investigation.
Police found during their investigation that the victim had been subjected to ongoing abuse at the hands of Erb. Ruiz allegedly was aware of the domestic violence and disturbances occurring in the Snyder County home, Shreve wrote in the affidavit. Ruiz also allegedly was aware that Erb had issues controlling his anger.
Police ruled that Ruiz emailed Dr. Bruno in an effort to provide false information with the intent to mislead the investigation.
Ruiz was charged with misdemeanors of impersonating a public servant, tampering with/fabricating physical evidence, and obstruction.
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