PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) – A now-fired day care worker has been charged with abusing an 8-month-old at a Prichard child care facility.
The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office today arrested 42-year-old Kia Baldwin in connection with the incident.
According to the MCSO, the baby’s family filed a complaint with the Prichard Police Department and the Department of Human Services on Feb. 19. After the family contacted the MCSO on Tuesday, the department took over the case, officials said.
Authorities said the incident happened on Feb. 18 at Lighthouse Academy but Baldwin didn’t report it until the next day. She allegedly told the Lighthouse Academy’s director that the baby had put a rock in his mouth and that she tried to remove it…