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Daycare worker charged after taping 2-year-old girl’s mouth shut

A Massachusetts daycare worker has been arrested and charged after a motheź¦œr claimed that the woman taped her 2-year-oldā€™s mouth shut.

Amy Li, an employee at Here We Grow Daycare in Randolph, allegedly placed tape over the ļ·½young girlā€™s mouth last Thursday, .

The girlā€™s mother, Nyasia Holmes, told the news outlet that Li, 26, admitted to taping her daughterā€™s mouth shut when she ā™picked her up from the daycare. 

ā€œShe was just trying to cover her tracks because there was a person who witnessed what happened to my daughter,ā€ sašŸŒ³id Holmes.

Holmes said that a coworkeź§…r witnessed the incident and reported it to the dašŸ¦©ycareā€™s director.

However, Holmes does not believe that Li gave her an accurate depiction of what actually transpired at the daycare, which her daugšŸ—¹hter had attended for over a year.

In a Facebook post, Holmes said a witness told her that Li put masking tape over her daughterā€™s mouth and made her sit in a ā€œthinking chairā€ after šŸøshe had a temper tantrum so she would not wake up the other children, who were sleeping at the time.

ā€œWhy did you think it was okay to put a 2į€£-year-old in a šŸ’ƒthinking chair and obstruct her breathing and talking?ā€ she questioned. ā€œIā€™m angry that she exposed my child to that type of torture.ā€

Here We Grow Daycare in Randolph, MA
The enraged mother said the worker taped her daughter’s mouth shut at Here We Grow Daycare in Randolph, Mass. Google Maps

Holmes immediately filed a report with the Randolph Police Department and the DešŸ…partment of Children and FamišŸŽ€lies.

The next šŸƒday, she met with Li and the daycare director. 

Holmes said she wants to know šŸ”“why she had to report the incident to the police and not the daycare.

The enraged mother said she does nź¦•ot believešŸ”Æ ā€œthis was a one-time incident.ā€

ā€œItā€™s not okay. Youā€™re notšŸŒƒ getting away with it. I will get justice for my child,ā€ she told BošŸ’Æston 25 News.

Li is charged with reckless endangerment of aā™” child and assault and battery. Shļ·½e has been issued a summons to appear in Quincy District Court at a later date, according to the outlet.