The former day care worker who slashed an infant’s face with a pizza cutter last year was sentenced Monday to more than eight years in prison.
Andrianna Newburn, 27, of Pipestone, Minn., had been found guilty in June of all seven charges for which she faced trial, including first-degree assault and torture of a child.
Prosecutors had pushed for Newburn to get a harsher sentence under Minnesota’s sentencing guidelines. But Newburn had no criminal record before June 2024.
Under Minnesota state law, offenders who are convicted of first-degree assault don’t qualify for early release such as probation, meaning Newburn will likely serve the entirety of her sentence behind bars.
Newburn is due back in court on a third-degree assault charge stemming from an incident in July where Newburn allegedly smashed a fellow inmate’s face with a computer tablet while at the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center, according to court records.
Court documents show Newburn and a co-worker at the KinderCare child care center in southwest Rochester were arguing on June 13, 2024, when when Newburn grabbed the pizza cutter from a back room and threatened to cut the co-worker.
“If I can’t cut you, I’ll cut your kids,” Newburn allegedly told the co-worker.
According to court records, witnesses told police they saw Newburn go into the day care’s infant room and slash at the co-worker’s 14-month-old baby. Police reported a large laceration on the infant’s right cheek.
