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State Moves To Revoke Daycare’s License After Sexual Assault
The state moved Monday to revoke the license of a local daycare at which an infant girl was sexually assaulted last month.
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(March 10, 2008)—The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services moved Monday to revoke the license of a Killeen daycare center at which an infant girl was sexually assaulted last month.
An employee of the Little Blessings Daycare, Terrance Charles Beard, 23, of Louisiana was arrested on Feb. 29 on a warrant charging sexual assault of a child in an incident involving the 4-month-old girl on Feb. 20.
Bond was set at $200,000.
Click Here To Read KPD Press Release
On Monday the Family and Protective Services presented owners of the daycare with a letter of intent to revoke the center’s license.
Little Blessings now has 15 days in which to request an administrative review.
The daycare sought an injunction last week in hopes of keeping the center open.
Hearings on the motion are expected to wrap up on Wednesday.
Police started an investigation after the infant girl’s mother arrived to pick up her daughter and was told by daycare workers that the baby was injured.
The mother then discovered injuries to her daughter’s anus.
She took the infant to Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center where doctors confirmed the bruising was consistent with a sexual assault.
Investigators determined that Read worked for the daycare and that he was there on Feb. 20 and had access to the infant.
Police said that while daycare workers had noticed the injury, no one from the daycare notified police or Child Protective Services.
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I heard this lady owns two other day cares in Killeen. Does anyone know the names of the others?
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My heart go out to the parent of the baby. I scares me to know that people really do this to children. I have three girls of my own and I would go to jail if someone ever touch my girls my prayers are with you and as for this man there is only on jugde and he will take care of him so put your prayes with him. I sorry sad I just want to scream about the whole thing!! And to think it's right here in are town we have to come up with a better system to stop people like him!!
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This made me sick when I first read about it. Still makes me sick!! The owner crying about keeping the day care open! Like any mother would bring her child there after what's happened??? I say Black List her so she can't operate anywhere!!
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