NYPD is trying to get arrest warrant for cruel city-funded babysitter caught on video beating tots with belt: sources

The NYPD is trying to get an arrest warrant for the cruel city-funded babysitter caught on video beating two helpless Bronx boys with a belt – nearly a month after the family reported the heinous child abuse, law enforcement sources said Tuesday. Cops have been staking out the area surrounding the home of 24-year-old La’keysha Jackson, who was allegedly caught on video beating the crying children, 4 and 6, nearly 60 times inside the family’s Morrisania building on May 6, according to the sources. The NYPD was there as recently as Tuesday morning – but Jackson was nowhere to be found and could not be apprehended, the law enforcement sources said. If an arrest warrant is issued when a grand jury convenes on Wednesday, then cops can forcibly enter Jackson’s apartment and take her into custody, according to the sources. The footage obtained by The Post of the heartbreaking scene shows the callous caretaker whipping the underwear-clad children’s behinds and restraining their tiny arms as they try in vain to deflect the blows.“Guess what’s about to happen?” she can be heard saying, apparently upset that the two older kids, aged 4 and 6, did not clean up their room.“Belt?” one of the young boys answers as Jackson, wearing a T-shirt with the words “Heaven Sent,” pulls a thick brown belt out of a cross-body bag.“You’re right — I warned y’all,” she replies cheerily, chillingly adding: “Drop ‘em.”Another clip shows the babysitter bizarrely wore a grotesque Halloween mask from gory slasher flick “Terrifier II” and a Santa Claus outfit to apparently frighten the children, footage shows.The youngest boy, 2, was also a victim of Jackson’s abuse, according to the family. “Hitting the kids with the [clothes] hangers, hitting them with belts, throwing the baby,” recounted their mother, Geraldine Jaramillo, who also claimed that the babysitter doled out emotional and verbal abuse to the children.Jackson was employed by home aid ...