MONROE, N.C. — Police arrested a daycare worker in Monroe on Wednesday.
Delicia Monay Chambers faces three counts of misdemeanor child abuse. Police say she sprayed the daycare students in the face with water or soap and water.
Chambers worked at Childtime Children’s Center, police said. On Jan. 6, state investigators made an unannounced visit to the daycare.
The North Carolina Department of Child Development and Early Education documented nearly a dozen violations during the visit after receiving complaints about the facility. The violations included staff and child ratio rules not being followed at times, medical authorizations and emergency contact information inaccessible to staff, and employee personnel files not including staff evaluations and development plans.
Parents went to the police with child abuse allegations on the same day as the surprise inspection.
Police say Chambers’ charges are connected to these complaints.
Channel 9′s Tina Terry went to Childtime Children’s Center to learn more, but someone from corporate said the facility had no comment.
One parent involved in the case said she is happy to hear about the arrest. She told Terry her children will not return to Childtime Children’s Center.
State investigators said all three violations have been addressed.
Click below to view North Carolina’s Department of Child Development and Early Education inspection reports from their two most recent visits.
- Read the Jan. 6 report
- Read the Jan. 15 report
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