On Jan. 26, A White Plains woman who tried to drown her infant child at the Coachman Family Center in 2019 was sentence to 7 and a half years. In Oct. of 2021, Westchester DA Mimi Rocah announced that La’Quanaya Ward, 30, pled guilty to Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, a felony.
On December 3, 2019, Ward attempted to drown her two-year-old child in her bathtub at the Coachman Family Center in White Plains, where she was a resident, shortly after making verbal and online threats. Ward was stopped by another resident who forced her out of the bathroom, allowing the child to come up for air.
The Westchester County Department of Public Safety investigated the incident and arrested Ward on December 11, 2019. Ward was facing a sentence of anywhere between 5-25 years in state prison.
The case was before County Court Judge Barry Warhit and was being prosecuted by Child and Elder Abuse Bureau Senior Investigative Counsel Mary Clark-DiRusso.
