A woman who ran a licensed home daycare in Moore, Oklahoma is now sitting in jail on a $300,000 bond after prosecutors charged her with three counts of child abuse involving infants in her care. Samantha Bailey is accused of physically mistreating babies at her in-home facility, with investigators pointing to video evidence as a key part of their case.
The Cleveland County District Attorney’s Office filed the charges against Bailey, according to KFOR.com. Investigators reviewed video allegedly showing Bailey physically mistreating infants while they were in her care, per the probable cause affidavit cited by the station. The alleged abuse took place at a home daycare in Moore, according to the DA’s office.
Online childcare directories have listed Bailey as the primary caregiver at Small Miracles Home Daycare, a licensed in-home facility in Moore that has offered care for children ranging from infancy up to age 12, according to entries on childcare listing sites Winnie and Daycare.com. It remains unclear from available records how long Bailey had operated the facility or whether any prior licensing complaints had been filed against it.
Bond Set at $300,000 as Case Moves Forward
Bailey is currently in custody with her bond set at $300,000, the station’s report notes. She faces three separate counts of child abuse, a felony under Oklahoma law that touches on some of the harshest penalties in the state’s criminal code…