3 DeKalb daycare workers plead guilty after video shows at least 13 kids being abused

Three women who worked at a daycare center in DeKalb County have pleaded guilty to charges related to more than a dozen kids being abused .

DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston announced on Wednesday that 28-year-old Alexis Renee Swain, 21-year-old Cori Chambers and 56-year-old Cassandra Artis Chambers had pleaded guilty to 35 counts between them.

Swain pleaded guilty to 29 counts of cruelty to children. Cori Chambers pleaded guilty to five counts of cruelty to children. Cassandra Chambers pleaded guilty to failure to report suspected child abuse.

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Channel 2′s Audrey Washington first told you about the alleged abuse at Apple Tree Learning Center & Academy when the women were arrested in July 2022 .

Washington spoke to Kourtney Cheng, a registered nurse and mother who took her child to the daycare, who said her son came home one day with injuries on his face. She says the employees told her the injuries were mosquito bites.

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