Former Colby Daycare Owner Sentenced for Child Neglect
Wednesday, November 12th, 2014 -- 11:38 AM
-The owner of a former daycare in Colby was sentenced for breaking the leg of a seven-month-old girl.25-year-old Kaylee Schnitzler, who owned Dream Bound Daycare in Colby, was charged with Child Abuse and Child Neglect after an incident that occurred on October 9th of last year.
Prosecutors say the seven-month-old's mother picked her and her three-year-old sister up from the daycare and noticed the girl's left leg was in an odd position and swollen. After taking the girl to a doctor, she was told the leg was broken. After several interviews, Schnitzler did say that she noticed the girl's leg was in an odd position and after she tried to adjust it she heard something snap.
Schnitzler was supposed to go before a jury for the charges next month, but at a pre-trial conference held on Friday of last week, Schnitzler's attorney asked her if she wanted to take the deal presented by the state and she decided to take it. In the end, Schnitzler pleaded no contest to a child neglect charge and a child abuse charge was dismissed and read in. She will spend three months in jail and she is not allowed to care for children for a year.
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