LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville daycare worker indicted for abusing children pleaded not guilty to several charges in court on Monday.
Rachel Flannery, 24, was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury on 10 counts of criminal child abuse on Nov. 30.
She was arrested after surveillance video allegedly showed her abusing children at the Vanguard Academy, located in the Norton Commons.
Flannery has since posted her $25,000 bond and is on home incarceration.
The facility shut down pending an investigation into the incident.
State reports showed investigations at the Vanguard Academy go back to 2012.
There will be a second hearing Monday afternoon regarding a separate lawsuit filed by families of infants who were enrolled at the academy.
The suit claims child safety concerns were ignored and employees allegedly vaped, used profanity and even sold drugs at the daycare.
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