Source: www.newser.com
Photo source: Lizandra Cosme. (Cook County Sheriff’s Office)
Two workers at a Chicago day care were fired and arrested after a disturbing incident that left five toddlers injured. Police say surveillance video captured one of the workers burning the 2-year-olds with a hot glue gun while the other woman watched and laughed, People reports. Lizandra Cosme, 32, has been charged with five counts of aggravated battery of a child causing great bodily harm, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Susana Gonzalez, 27, faces five misdemeanor charges of causing the circumstances of child endangerment over the Dec. 1 incident at the Children’s Place day care. It’s not clear how seriously the children were injured.
Prosecutors say Cosme, who brought the glue gun for a Christmas project, was captured on video applying the hot glue directly to the hands and arms of the three girls and two boys. “Each of the child victims winced and some whined at the hot glue gun application,” a prosecutor said during a Monday court appearance. Prosecutors said Cosme tried to cover up the incident, asking a father whether his child had been burned at home, ABC7 reports. They said her actions were discovered when one child’s mother, an ER physician, saw the burns and demanded to see surveillance footage. Cosme’s lawyer said his client “screwed up” but did not mean to hurt the children.
