(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.
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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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