CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. — State officials have shut down a Childcare Network location near Maiden following an alleged child abuse case.
Channel 9’s Dave Faherty learned the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services posted a closure notice on the door of the daycare.
The shutdown comes days after Channel 9 first reported allegations involving a 4-year-old boy. Arrest warrants said a daycare worker is accused of throwing or kicking the child into a wall.
Catawba County sheriff’s deputies have also arrested three other people in connection with the case, including the assistant director and district manager.
They are accused of failing to report a crime against a juvenile and failing to report juvenile abuse.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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