Two day care workers in Illinois were arrested after they were allegedly recorded abusing several children in their care, using a notebook and other objects to strike the children, smacking them in the face, and dragging them around on the floor. Jessica Murillo, 36, and Izabella Thompson, 23, were taken into custody this week and charged with a spate of crimes in connection with the allegations.
Murillo is charged with three felony counts of aggravated battery and 12 misdemeanor counts of battery — making physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature. Thompson is facing four misdemeanor counts of the same battery charge.
The defendants worked at A Mother’s Touch Learning Academy in the 1600 block of Rand Road in Des Plaines, which is about 15 miles northwest of Chicago. The instances of abuse allegedly took place from early to mid-November, according to a news release from the Des Plaines Police Department…