IT IS A GOOD TIME TO BE WEATHER ALERT ON THE GO. DOWNLOAD THE CBS 2 WEATHER APP IT IS FREE AT THE APP STORE OR GOOGLE PLAY. DEVELOPING NOW, THREE SUBURBAN DAYCARE TEACHERS ARE ARRESTED. POLICE SAY THEY GAVE CHILDREN GUMMY BEARS WAS SOMETHING EXTRA TO MAKE THEM SLEEPY.
SUZANNE LE MIGNOT JOINS US WITH THE STORY . REPORTER: THE TEACHERS TOLD POLICE THEY THOUGHT TO GIVING THE CHILDREN, 12 OF THEM, MELATONIN GUMMY’S WOULD BE OKAY BECAUSE YOU CAN BUY IT OVER-THE- COUNTER. NOW THEY ARE CHARGED WITH BATTERY AND ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IN THEIR CARE. THIS IS A HORRIBLE CASE OF BAD JUDGMENT.
REPORTER: THE POLICE CHIEF TALKED ABOUT THE ALLEGED ACTIONS OF JESSICA HEYSE, ASHLEY HELFENBEIN, AND KRISTIN LAVLETTA. ALL WORK HERE AT THIS DAYCARE CENTER. THE OWNER CALL POLICE AFTER FINDING A BOTTLE OF MELATONIN IN THE CLASSROOM. THEY HAD GOTTEN WORD THAT THE TEACHERS WERE PROVIDING MELATONIN LACED GUMMY BEARS TO TWO-YEAR-OLDS TO GET THEM TO TAKE NAPS.
WHAT MY POLICE DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG THEY HAD BEEN GIVING THE TWO-YEAR-OLDS THE GUMMY’S. A BOTTLE CONTAINING 120 GUMMY BEARS, ONLY FOUR OF THEM WERE LEFT IN THE BOTTLE? CORRECT. REPORTER: POLICE CONTACTED ALL OF THE PARENTS WITH CHILDREN, AMONG THEM EDDIE, HIS TWO-YEAR-OLD SON ATTENDS THE DAYCARE BUT TOLD HIS DAD HE WAS NEVER GIVEN GUMMY BEARS. WHEN THEY CALLED ME AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE SCHOOL, MY HEART DROPPED.
I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO THINK. SHOCKING.REPORTER: POLICE SAY NO CHILDREN WERE HURT THAT THEY KNOW OF. EVEN THOUGH THIS PRODUCT SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN TO ANY CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 16. THE DAYCARE CENTER ARE COOPERATING WITH POLICE.
THEY HAVE NO COMMENTS. BE CSF ALSO DOING THEIR INVESTIGATION.
Source: CBS Chicago
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