Ohio’s PATASKALA A daycare center employee is being charged with a crime after it was said that she bound a one-year-old child’s hands, feet, and eyes with painter’s tape.
According to the Columbus Dispatch,Additionally, Katelyn Strohacker, 23, of Granville, is charged with binding the infant girl and then abandoning her. Strohacker is accused of putting children at danger.
According to Licking County Court Records, the event happened on July 21 at the Over the Rainbow Children Center in Pataskala, according to WBNS Channel 10.
Strohacker acknowledged the charges and acknowledged doing so on multiple occasions, according to WSYX Channel 6. According to investigators, she spent over an hour with the bound infant face down under a blanket.
According to the Dispatch, the child’s parents got in touch with the Licking County Sheriff’s Office investigators on August 7. According to reports, the daycare’s director had gotten in touch with the parents and informed them of the situation.
According to reports, Strohacker and another daycare employee were fired in relation to the event. The other employee’s identity has not been disclosed.
The daycare told WSYX in a statement that they learned about an incident involving a former employee. The employee and her supervisor were fired as a result of the incident.
WBNS reports The daycare center claims to be completely assisting the investigators.
Strohacker posted a $50,000 bond and was freed from custody, according to the Dispatch.
Pataskala town in Licking County, roughly 20 miles east of Columbus.
