A daycare employee in Georgia was arrested for baby abuse, authorities mentioned, as the daddy of a toddler beneath her care shared heartbreaking footage of the boy with a black eye and swollen face.
Yvette Thurston, 54, faces three counts of first-degree baby abuse and one among first-degree aggravated battery, WDRW experiences.
She was taken into custody on Monday following a report of alleged abuse at Little Blessings Youngster Care in Bainbridge, near the Florida border.
Cory Weeks, a US Marine and pa, took to Fb to share footage of the scary accidents suffered by his 1-year-old son, Clay, on his first day on the church childcare facility.
Weeks’ put up included graphic footage exhibiting Clay’s badly battered face, together with a black eye, swelling to his proper cheek and a number of cuts.
“That is each mum or dad’s worst nightmare and we needed to dwell it and are nonetheless residing it,” he wrote on social media, describing how Clay and his older brother Wyatt, 3, had began on the daycare facility on Monday.
“We had been advised one other baby in Clay’s class did the sort of harm with a plastic toy,” he mentioned, earlier than including that he finally tracked down video surveillance footage of the incident that confirmed Thurston attacking his son.
“Nothing we noticed was for the faint-hearted, particularly taking place to such an harmless soul,” he mentioned.
“The severity of the acts of violence to our son has everybody assured that this was not her first time. We trusted this facility to care and love our youngsters and on their first day that was violated,” he wrote.
“There can be extra coming from this, and we’ll make sure that nothing is ‘swept beneath the rug,’ he mentioned.”
Clay was rushed to the Memorial Hospital and Manor the place his accidents had been handled.
Particular particulars concerning the case or allegations weren’t instantly launched, however Decatur County investigators confirmed that they had been capable of view surveillance footage from the daycare which contributed to the investigation.
“It’s our understanding that the worker has been terminated by the kid care program,” a spokesperson for the Georgia Division of Early Care and Studying (DECAL) advised The Publish.
“As our investigation continues to be in its early phases, DECAL will proceed to work intently with regulation enforcement and all related events to make sure a complete evaluate of the info,” the assertion continued.
Representatives for Little Blessings Youngster Care didn’t reply to requests for remark.
