Robbinsville Woman Charged with Four Counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child
An investigation by the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office and the Robbinsville Township Police Department has resulted in the arrest of a Robbinsville woman for endangering the welfare of a child, Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey and Robbinsville Police Chief William G. Swanhart announced today.
On Sunday evening, April 27, 2025, Robbinsville police responded to a township residence in reference to an unresponsive five-year-old girl. The child was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, where she was pronounced dead a short time later.
Raphaelle Register, 36, was arrested and charged on Monday, April 28, 2025, with four counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. The prosecutor’s office has filed a motion to detain her pending trial.
The criminal complaint states that Register had a legal duty to care for the two five-year-olds, the eight-year-old and the 12-year-old, all of whom she left unattended. The complaint further states that she failed to adequately feed and nourish the five-year-olds and provide access to necessary medical treatment, thereby making the children abused or neglected.
An autopsy was performed yesterday afternoon by the Middlesex Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. The cause and manner of the child’s death are pending further testing and investigation.
