Arraignment was held Wednesday morning in Christian Circuit Court for 22-year old Deshayla Day, a former employee of the First Baptist Church daycare accused of child abuse.
Public defender Rick Sandborn entered a not guilty plea on Day’s behalf and Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Jerad Smith says evidence in the case will be turned over soon.
Day allegedly lifted a 16-month old child by one arm from a classroom to the hallway and ‘firmly grabbed the child by the face’ during an incident earlier this year that was captured on video surveillance. The child was later taken to Jennie Stuart Medical Center to be treated and evaluated for visible injuries, according to testimony from a Hopkinsville Police Department detective at a prior hearing.
Day is charged with one count of first-degree criminal abuse and another hearing was scheduled for October 26.