3 Children’s Arms Broken; Care Center Shut
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A day-care center operating in a woman’s home was shut down after three children--ages 11 months, 12 months and 13 months--were found with both arms broken, and investigators said the injuries were deliberate.
Police said Thursday that they would charge the owner of the Bonding Babies day-care center, Beverly Bonds, 32, with neglect and child abuse. She was not immediately arrested.
Bonding Babies cared for 10 youngsters, including Bonds’ two children. A woman who answered the door at Bonds’ home Thursday said she had no comment.
Sheriff’s Det. Carl Mader said he was notified Saturday by Shands Hospital that a year-old child suffered two broken arms at Bonding Babies. Another youngster had been treated for two broken arms the day before, and a third was at the hospital Saturday with one arm in a cast and the other broken in more than one place, Mader said.
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