Day Care Worker Allegedly Puts Boy, 4, in Trash Can After He Refuses to Nap: I ‘Had No Words,' Mother Says

The Learning Lab daycare center in Homewood, Ill.Photo:Google Maps Google Maps A family is in search of a new day care after an employee allegedly put a 4-year-old boy in a garbage can because he refused to take a nap. Other children at the day care — where both Grayson and his 2-year-old brother have been going for almost two years — meanwhile were not only present but also appeared to watch the entire incident unfold in front of them.

Daycare Owner Whose Fentanyl Trafficking Operation Killed 1-Year-Old Sentenced to 45 Years

Grei Mendez (left); and Nicholas Feliz Dominici.Photo:Theodore Parisienne for NY Daily News via Getty; GoFundMe Theodore Parisienne for NY Daily News via Getty; GoFundMe A New York City daycare owner whose childcare facility doubled as a narcotics stash house has been sentenced to nearly half a century in prison, after a 1-year-old in her care died from exposure to fentanyl.Grei Mendez, 37,pleaded guiltyin October to one count of conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death and serious bodily injury and two drug possession charges for the September 2023death of a 1-year-oldandpoisoning of three other childrenin her care.

Daycare Teacher Allegedly Captured on Video Punching 4-Year-Old in Head: 'Do You Want Me to Hit You?'

A Florida preschool teacher is facing felony charges after police say that she repeatedly hit a 4-year-old child on a school playground. Ashley Richards, 32, was arrested and charged on Wednesday with one count of child abuse in the third degree. According to apress releasefrom the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, a witness allegedly heard screams coming form the playground of KinderCare Learning Center in Dunedin, Florida. “The witness observed Richards yelling at the victim and repeatedly punching the child with both an open and closed fist to the back and side of the head,” the press release reads.

Daycare Worker Accused of ‘Intentionally’ Tearing Off ‘Handful’ of 1-Year-Old’s Hair, Leaving 6cm of Scalp Exposed

Keshia S. Cochran.Photo:Leitchfield Police Department Leitchfield Police Department A daycare worker in Kentucky is under arrest after she allegedly admitted to pulling a toddler’s hair and “removing a substantial amount of hair from the child’s head,” local authorities say. Kesha Cochran, 24, was arrested following the incident at a Leitchfield, Ky., daycare on Tuesday, March 11, the Leitchfield Police Department said in astatement. (Court records identify her as Keshia Cochran).

Daycare Worker Admits Slapping 2-Year-Old, Said 'I Had to Slap Him' Because He'd Spit on Her: Police

Joyce Perkins.Photo:Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Johnson County Sheriff’s Office A daycare worker in Indiana faces charges after authorities say she admitted to slapping a child at work. Police who responded to the scene reviewed surveillance footage they claim shows Perkins hitting a 2-year-old child. Perkins allegedly told investigators, “I had to smack him because he spit all in my face,” the documents state, per Fox 59. Perkins further claimed she wasn’t trying to hurt the child, noting how the child “didn’t cry or nothing.