Yates County mother charged in connection with baby’s death

Dundee, NY – A woman is facing charges in the death of her baby earlier this year in Yates County.

On March 20, officers responded to a home in Dundee for a report of an unresponsive infant.

First responders provided emergency care to the baby, who was taken to Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital in Penn Yan and pronounced dead.

Samantha Crane, 34, was arrested Thursday and charged with involuntary manslaughter.

In a separate investigation, Crane is accused of offering a false felony filing document, grand larceny and welfare fraud after she allegedly provided false information to the Department of Social Services and received benefits to which she was not entitled.