JACKSON COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas woman for alleged child abuse at a day care center.
Cheryl Tate, 65, has been charged with multiple counts of Child Abuse or Neglect involving a 10-month old child in a Downtown child care center, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
She faces nine Class D felonies of Abuse Or Neglect of a Child.
According to court records, the mother of a 10-month-old victim reported that a caretaker at a Downtown Kansas City daycare center had harmed her child.
Investigators for the Missouri Children's Division began to investigate. And KCPD detectives observed bruising to his back and other injuries. The defendant was observed on video to be loud and aggressive in her movements and language with the children.
Staff at Children's Mercy Hospital diagnosed the the child had been the victim of child physical abuse. Video surveillance also showed the defendant pushing on the child's head, slamming him down, slapping him and dropping the young boy.
The defendant told police she had been working there three weeks and had not worried that she was injuring the child. Tate remains jailed on a $25,000 bond.