A daycare employee in Georgia was arrested for youngster abuse, authorities stated, as the daddy of a toddler below her care shared heartbreaking footage of the boy with a black eye and swollen face.
Yvette Thurston, 54, faces three counts of first-degree youngster abuse and considered one of first-degree aggravated battery, WDRW reviews.
She was taken into custody on Monday following a report of alleged abuse at Little Blessings Baby Care in Bainbridge, near the Florida border.
Cory Weeks, a US Marine and pop, took to Fb to share footage of the horrifying 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 reside it and are nonetheless dwelling 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 youngster in Clay’s class did such a injury with a plastic toy,” he stated, earlier than including that he ultimately tracked down video surveillance footage of the incident that confirmed Thurston attacking his son.
“Nothing we noticed was for the faint-hearted, particularly occurring to such an harmless soul,” he stated.
“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 children and on their first day that was violated,” he wrote.
“There will likely be extra coming from this, and we’ll make certain nothing is ‘swept below the rug,’ he stated.”
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 carefully with legislation enforcement and all related events to make sure a complete evaluation of the details,” the assertion continued.
Representatives for Little Blessings Baby Care didn’t reply to requests for remark.
