An employee at a Spring Hill daycare was arrested last week after deputies said she was caught on surveillance video abusing an 11-year-old child with disabilities.
Video from inside a classroom at Tender Care PPEC showed KP 36, aggressively interacting with the child — at one point putting hand sanitizer on the 11-year-old’s open wounds, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to the daycare facility on Oct. 6 after receiving a report of possible child abuse and were able to review surveillance video from the classroom.
At around 3 p.m., P could be seen trying to bandage the child’s forehead as the 11-year-old sat on the floor, investigators said. The child leaned forward, and P “forcefully pushed” on the child’s forehead, causing the 11-year-old to “jerk backward in a manner that appeared violent and excessive,” according to the sheriff’s office.
A few minutes later, around 3:06 p.m., deputies reported seeing P taunting the child with a piece of cake. Authorities said P appeared “visibly frustrated” after the 11-year-old reached out and swiped some icing with their finger.
She then picked up icing that had fallen on the floor and “aggressively rubbed it onto the child’s forehead,” detectives said.
After another two minutes, P grabbed the child and brought them to a wall-mounted hand sanitizer dispenser, according to officials. She then put the sanitizer directly on scabbed injuries on the child’s arms, the sheriff’s office said.
Deputies said there were multiple times the child appeared to be in distress and tried to get away from P. The 11-year-old could be seen running across the classroom after the incident with the hand sanitizer, according to officials.
Investigators said the child’s parent expressed “significant concern” after seeing what had happened on the surveillance video. The parent was particularly concerned by P pushing on the child’s forehead, as the 11-year-old has pre-existing medical conditions and could have been seriously injured, the sheriff’s office said.
The parent also reported that the child’s scabbed injuries had started to bleed again after the incident.
Detectives interviewed P, who told them she had been “frustrated” that day. Authorities said P stated that she knew putting hand sanitizer on the child’s wounds would cause pain, but that she “did not care at the time.”
P also told deputies she thought smearing cake on the child’s face was “funny” in the moment, according to the sheriff’s office.
According to authorities, their investigation determined that “the actions captured on video clearly fell outside the boundaries of appropriate and lawful care.”
P was arrested on one count of child abuse on Oct. 10 and booked into the Hernando County Detention Center with a $5,000 bond.
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Source: wfla
