MACON, Ga. – A federal grand jury has returned a 30-count indictment charging two former staff and the previous director of a daycare facility positioned on Robins Air Power Base, Warner Robins, Georgia, with prices associated to the alleged abuse of kids of their care.
Zhanay Kiana Flynn, 27, of Centerville, Georgia, is charged with 18 counts of cruelty to kids within the first diploma, six counts of cruelty to kids within the second diploma, three counts of straightforward battery and one rely of failure to report suspected baby abuse.
Antanesha Mone Fritz, 29, of Tanner, Alabama, is charged with 18 counts of cruelty to kids within the first diploma, six counts of cruelty to kids within the second diploma, three counts of straightforward battery and one rely of failure to report suspected baby abuse.
Latona Mae Lambert, 51, of Kissimmee, Florida, is charged with one rely of failure to report suspected baby abuse.
If convicted, the defendants face a compulsory minimal sentence of 5 years of imprisonment as much as a most of 20 years of imprisonment for every rely of cruelty to kids within the first diploma; a minimal of 1 12 months of imprisonment as much as a most of ten years of imprisonment for every rely of cruelty to kids within the second diploma; a most of 1 12 months of imprisonment for every rely of straightforward battery; and a most of 1 12 months of imprisonment for failure to report suspected baby abuse.
The indictment alleges quite a lot of felony cruelty to kids actions dedicated by Flynn and Fritz, two former Robins Air Power Base daycare staff, throughout Jan. and Feb. 2021. The fees allege varied types of abuse, to incorporate placing kids, inflicting kids to combat one another, forcing kids to hit each other, spraying kids within the face with a cleansing liquid, seizing and shaking a toddler whereas threatening to strike them, placing a toddler within the head with a ebook, kicking a toddler right into a wall, and stepping on and making use of weight to a toddler’s leg. Flynn and Fritz are additionally accused of committing easy battery in opposition to kids, with the indictment alleging that they lifted a cot with a toddler sleeping on it, inflicting the kid to fall on the bottom, struck a toy out of a kid’s hand after which compelled the kid right into a small enclosure, and sprayed two kids within the head and face with a cleansing answer. Lambert, the previous daycare director, Flynn and Fritz are every charged with one rely of failing to report suspected baby abuse when they didn’t notify the right authorities of the abuse after allegedly witnessing it or having cause to suspect that abuse was occurring.
That is an ongoing investigation. Dad and mom and guardians of kids who have been below the care of the defendants and have issues about their baby are inspired to contact the Robins Air Power Base Household Advocacy Program at 478-327-8398 throughout common enterprise hours.
The case is being investigated by the US Air Power Workplace of Particular Investigations and Air Power Safety Forces, with help from the FBI.
Assistant U.S. Lawyer Pleasure Odom is prosecuting the case for the Authorities.
An indictment is just an allegation of felony conduct, and all defendants are presumed harmless till and except confirmed responsible in a court docket of regulation past an affordable doubt.
