East Canton shuts down unlicensed day care facility after 8-month-old baby dies

EAST CANTON, Ohio (WOIO) – A Stark County judge granted a temporary restraining order on Friday filed by the village of East Canton and the state of Ohio to shut down an unlicensed day care after an 8-month-old baby died.

The Stark County Coroner’s Office said the baby, identified as Grant Simmons, died March 10 at a local hospital.

According to a release from the East Canton Police, officers and Osnaburg Township EMS responded earlier that day to a home for a report of a baby not breathing.

When paramedics arrived, they began life-saving measures before taking Simmons to Aultman Hospital, where the 8-month-old later died…

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