A Tampa Bay area daycare worker was arrested for alleged child abuse after video showed her kicking a 16-month-old girl several times.
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office said Linda Klemm, 49, was supervising at Kids Stop and Play Daycare when surveillance video captured her kicking the top of a sleeping child's head and dragging the bottom of her foot across the left side of the child's face.
About 10 minutes after the assault, after the child falls back asleep, Klemm is seen kicking the child in the buttocks. (Source: Bradenton.com)
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The child's mother said she called authorities because she noticed abrasions when she picked the girl up.
After deputies reviewed the surveillance video, Klemm was arrested and charged Saturday. She was released from jail the next day on a $5,000 bail.
Klemm has been fired from the day care center, where she worked for four years.
AP contributed to this report.
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