SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) — A former Sioux Falls day care worker is headed to prison for abusing toddlers under her care.
On Wednesday, A Minnehaha County judge sentenced Chelsea Struss to five years behind bars.
Struss had pleaded guilty to three counts of child abuse as part of a plea deal back in February. She was originally charged with 18 counts of abuse.
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Parents whose children were enrolled in the Nxt Gen Kidz day care say Chelsea Struss’s 3-and-a-half year sentence is a “sufficient” time to spend behind bars, especially since she will not be eligible for parole…