The Brief
- Katie Voigt, formerly a teacher at Lil’ Explorers in Plymouth, has been sentenced for the malicious punishment of a child.
- Voigt was shown on video taken by another employee pushing and yelling at children enrolled at the daycare center.
- As part of her sentencing, she won’t serve jail time, but will be required to complete community service, enlist in anger management and therapy, and be barred from working with vulnerable adults or children.
PLYMOUTH, Minn. (FOX 9) – A former daycare teacher at Lil’ Explorers in Plymouth has been sentenced for the malicious punishment of a child after being caught on camera pushing and yelling at toddlers she was overseeing.
Fired Plymouth daycare teacher sentenced
What we know:
In July, Katie Voigt pleaded guilty to two counts of malicious punishment of a child after videos surfaced showing her screaming at toddlers and pushing a child into a table.
The videos were secretly recorded by teaching assistant Yanni Thomas, who said she was concerned about what she had witnessed in the classroom on multiple occasions.…