BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) – An employee of Animal Crackers Learning Center on Jefferson Hwy. was arrested after reportedly pinching one of the children, causing bruises.
Officials say on March 22, deputies were dispatched to the daycare in reference to a battery that reportedly occurred on March 21. When deputies arrived, they spoke to the mother of the 3-year-old female child, who initially made the complaint. The mother told deputies her daughter was intentionally pinched by an employee of the daycare, identified as Alivia Lemoine, 20.