Milwaukee woman accused, child abuse at Menomonee Falls day care

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. – A Milwaukee lady faces two counts of bodily abuse of a kid – allegations that court docket papers say occurred at a Menomonee Falls day care heart. 

The accused is 27-year-old Madeline Ferguson.

Based on a prison criticism, an individual labeled as “Sufferer B” contacted the Menomonee Falls Police Division on Wednesday, Sept. 21 concerning an incident that occurred at Cadence Academy Preschool on Silver Spring Drive.

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“I’m disgusted. As a father, my first accountability as a father and a person is to guard my household,” the daddy, Sufferer B, informed FOX6 Information. “He’s traumatized. Our whole household is traumatized.”

The particular person indicated his preschooler had attended day care at Cadence Academy and “sustained a reduce to the again of his neck whereas at day care. Sufferer B described the reduce as trying like a claw wound,” the criticism states. Sufferer B was informed the kid was harm “after falling in a rubbish can and that workers weren’t precisely positive the way it occurred.”

“We discovered about this when my baby got here residence with an enormous apparent signal of bodily abuse and an inconsistent story from the day care,” the daddy informed FOX6.

The criticism signifies there have been discrepancies within the instructor’s story when in comparison with the video footage of the classroom.

The criticism states afterward Sept. 21, an officer “reviewed the video surveillance which confirmed the instructor for (the kid) had brought about the damage to his neck and shoulder area and that particular person had now been fired.”

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Officers later realized the instructor on this occasion was recognized as Ferguson. Investigators realized “the defendant had been suspended from employment” on Sept. 20 and was “terminated” on Sept. 21, per the criticism.

A detective reviewed the surveillance video from this incident, “which contained a date stamp” of Sept. 19, the criticism states. The video confirmed Ferguson as the only real instructor in a classroom caring for between seven-to-eight kids – one in every of which was the preschooler on this case. The criticism states “officers had been in a position to determine and find a second sufferer.”

“The surveillance video is horrifying,” the daddy informed FOX6.

Cadence Academy Preschool, Menomonee Falls

Based on the criticism, the video confirmed Ferguson strike the preschooler with a water bottle, decide him up by the neck, and “drags him” to a small desk and chairs. The “defendant seems to have a dialogue with (the kid) which is heated primarily based on the facial expressions that she is displaying,” the criticism states.

The criticism additionally signifies the defendant “makes use of an aggressive seize and pull” on a second baby. Officers famous within the criticism that the “whole size of the video is about one minute and twenty seconds lengthy.”

When a detective reached out to Ferguson about these incidents, she reported there have been 12 children in her room on the day in query. The criticism signifies there had been spilled water within the room – and the defendant said the preschooler “began changing into troublesome to talk with and that the youngsters had been informed to not play with the water a number of instances earlier than the water spill was discovered.”

Ferguson informed the detective the kid started yelling “no” to her, and she or he “admitted that this habits began to make her upset,” per the criticism. The defendant said the argument with the kid “made her so mad that she remembers hanging the (baby) on the again of the top with a water bottle after which grabbing him on the best facet of his t-shirt, however denied grabbing him by his neck,” the criticism states.

Cadence Academy Preschool, Menomonee Falls

When confronted by the detective about marks on the kid’s neck, the defendant “admitted to selecting (the kid) up inappropriately and carrying him after which putting him at a desk,” the criticism states. When Ferguson was provided a have a look at the surveillance video, she declined.

Because it pertains to the second baby, the criticism mentioned officers didn’t see any seen accidents. Nonetheless, primarily based on a assessment of the surveillance video, the criticism states “the defendant’s habits was reckless and fairly brought about bodily hurt to (the second baby).”

“The dad and mom have to guard their baby. The dad and mom should remember this is occurring of their neighborhood,” the daddy informed FOX6.

Ferguson made her preliminary look in Waukesha County court docket on Thursday, Sept. 22. Money bond was set at $10,000. Ferguson is due again in court docket for a preliminary listening to on Oct. 3.

Assertion from Cadence Schooling:

We had been just lately knowledgeable of an incident involving one in every of our lecturers. After reviewing the incident, we’ve decided the instructor’s conduct was towards our insurance policies and didn’t align with our values and expectations, and the instructor has been terminated.  This was an remoted incident, and we is not going to tolerate such behaviors in our faculty.  Offering a protected and nurturing setting for each one in every of our youngsters is our high precedence.

Editor’s be aware: FOX6 Information is protecting the daddy, Sufferer B, nameless as a result of his son is the alleged sufferer within the case.

The prison criticism referred to the power in query as Cadence Academy Daycare. Nonetheless, the power refers to itself as Cadence Academy Preschool.