A North County nanny will spend a year in jail and serve six years probation for abandoning a child in her care at an Encinitas craft store.
Desirae Harris, 42, entered a guilty plea on child endangerment charges in March.
On Nov. 16, employees and customers at a Michael's craft store on North El Camino Real in Encinitas found a 2-year-old boy wandering the store, alone.
The boy visited the craft store with his nanny, investigators determined.
She and the toddler walked around the store for a bit and then the nanny walked out by herself, leaving the boy behind.
Eventually, the toddler was reunited with his family.
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At her sentencing on Tuesday, Harris was ordered to spend a year in jail and serve six years of probation.
Harris' attorney said his client worked with the family for several months before the incident and has a history of mental illness.
