One Arrested in Day Care Negligence Case

CARTERSVILLE POLICE CHARGED A DAY CARE CENTER EMPLOYEE WITH ONE COUNT OF RECKLESS CONDUCT ON TUESDAY.

LACREASHA BUGS, AN EMPLOYEE OF ‘KIDS JUNCTION’ LOCATED ON CENTER ROAD SOUTHEAST IN CARTERSVILLE, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY TUESDAY AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY FAILED TO ADEQUATELY REPORT INJURIES TO AT LEAST ONE CHILD THAT WAS IN HER CARE AT THE LOCAL BUSINESS. ACCORDING TO A NEWS RELEASE, A 1-MONTH-OLD INFANT WAS SCRATCHED BY A 1-YEAR-OLD AT THE DAY CARE CENTER. THE BABY’S MOTHER TOLD A WSB-TV REPORTER THAT HER TWO-YEAR-OLD SON HAD TO HAVE STITCHES AFTER BUMPING HIS HEAD AT THE FACILITY LAST YEAR, AND SHE CLAIMS DAY CARE WORKERS WERE NEGLECTFUL IN BOTH INSTANCES.

CORPORAL KARLA SERVAIS, WHO IS THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR IN THE CASE, SAYS THAT THE MOTHER OF THE INJURED INFANT LED AUTHORITIES TO KIDS JUNCTION. SERVAIS SAYS THAT THE CARTERSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING AT LEAST ONE OTHER CASE OF ALLEGED NEGLECT AT THE FACILITY.

SERVAIS SAYS SHE CANNOT RULE OUT ANY ADDITIONAL ARRESTS.