Day care worker forced 1-year-old's eyes shut with painter's tape and left her tied up 'face down under a blanket unattended': Cops

An Ohio pistillate moving astatine a time care with young children allegedly wrapped "painter's tape" astir the eyes, feet and hands of a 1-year-old miss — binding her arms down her backmost and some legs unneurotic — earlier leaving the kid "face down nether a broad unattended," according to police.

Katelyn Strohacker, 23, is facing a complaint of child endangerment for the July 21 incidental astatine Over the Rainbow Children's Center successful Pataskala, according to her criminal complaint, which was filed past week successful Licking County.

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Strohacker is accused of utilizing the painter's portion to "administer corporal punishment oregon different carnal disciplinary measure" and "physically restrain the kid successful a cruel manner," the ailment says. The girl's parent contacted constabulary connected Aug. 7 and said she had been contacted by the manager of the time attraction facility, Jamie Schoelkopf, astir the alleged incident.

According to the mom, Strohacker "had bound and near [her daughter] successful a furniture for an hour" that time aft wrapping her up with the tape. The probe revealed that Strohacker allegedly placed painter's portion connected the child's eyes, taped her hands down her back, and taped the girl's feet unneurotic earlier leaving her look down nether the blanket.

"The suspect was subsequently interviewed and admitted to doing this and [to] doing this connected much than 1 occasion," the ailment says.

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Strohacker was arrested and aboriginal released connected a $50,000 surety bond. She is prohibited from having immoderate unsupervised interaction with minors and is scheduled to look astatine a preliminary proceeding connected Aug. 28.

The Over the Rainbow Children's Center did not respond to Law&Crime's requests for remark connected Thursday. It provided a connection to section CBS affiliate WBNS, saying information was the "top priority," the outlet reports.

"We became alert of an incidental with a erstwhile employee, the time attraction said. "As a effect of the incident, some the worker and supervisor person been terminated. We person been successful interaction with the household of the kid progressive and reported the incidental to authorities."